Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, 7 Apsley Terrace, Acton to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's desire to have a work published and suggesting that perhaps a reprint of the work on John Jacob or the Indian Frontier Policy might suit him as it could be done quickly. The letter goes on to advise Pelly on what would be needed to make such a work successful and who he...
Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton), Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that there are no positions at present that he feels would justify inflicting a straw widowhood (term used to describe a woman whose husband was often away on business) on Lady Pelly. The letter goes on to discuss the need for military action to take place on the Indian f...
Letter from Henry Cecil Raikes, Watton House, Hertford to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that he had not wished to reply to his letter until he had seen Lord Salisbury and that owing to the weather he had not been able to until that day. The letter goes on to recount his meeting with Lord Salisbury on Pelly's behalf in which Pelly's current position was discu...
Letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, Athanaeum Club, Pall Mall, London to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)
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Letter encosing a copy of a telegram (no longer enclosed) and informing his Lordship that he is available to return to work at a day's notice should there be any suitable duty for him. The date of the letter is difficult to read, but may be 3 October 1878.
Draft letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, India Office to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)
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Draft copy of a letter regarding his recent engagement to Sir Rutherford Alcock's stepdaughter (Amy Henrietta Lowder); informing him that the wedding is to take place at Westminster Abbey on 1 August 1878; and observing that he was sure Lord Lytton's private secretary Owen Tudor Burne would have...
Letter from N [Lord Northbrook?] to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a forthcoming event which Ellward is now unable to attend but Horace G Walpole is able to come to and asking Pelly to be there at 7.30. A postscript marked private and confidential tells Pelly to read an article in the following day's copy of Times which has been signed 'N'.
Letter from Evelyn Baring, 23 St James's Place, London to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter inviting Pelly to dine with him on 4 June 1879 and meet J W Austin, and informing him that he has invited Sutherland, Sir Henry Green and other friends of British interests in the East to come along and meet him too.
Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton), Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a letter to Pelly which Lord Lytton had omitted to send several months earlier in relation to Pelly's book and secret correspondence acquired by the British which proved that Nur Mohamed Shah was in the pay of the Ameer [Amir] and the Maharajah of Kashmir, who wanted to prevent ...
Letter from G W Dickson, Constantinople to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked confidential, regarding his having attempted to trace the whereabouts of some photographs belonging to Pelly and his discovery that they had already been sent to him. The letter goes on to discuss George Goschen (1st Viscount Goschen)'s work in Constantinople; Dickson's views on ...
