Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Captain Henry Byam Abbott
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Letter regarding the available appointment in Ulwa [Alwar] and Abbott's interest in it, and discussing the system of grading for officers in the political department.
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook)
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Letter thanking his Lordship (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) for Captain Henry Byam Abbott's appointment; a new appointment to the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Police Agency; problems with the conduct of Captain Victor Edward Law; the Raja of Rajpootana consenting to Fyz...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Brigadier-General John Dobrée Woollcombe
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Letter regarding repairs to a wall in the Ajmer fort; an urgent letter that has been written to Government regarding the 'Danta' work; the repair of a water tank below Happy Valley and the donation Government have made towards James Dawson Macdonald's church in Deolee [Deoli].
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to James Dawson Macdonald
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Letter regarding a Coat of Arms which Macdonald's men, the Deolee [Deoli] Irregular Force, have given to Pelly and apologising for not acknowledging the gift sooner as he had been away in England.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Secretary to the New Bank of Bombay Limited
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Letter, dated 28 July 1874, enclosing a warrant which he would like the bank to cash and credit to his account. A postscript to the letter records that a receipt for the warrant was received from the bank on 3August 1874.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding Captain Donald Robertson, his resignation from his post owing to illness, his exemplary service throughout his career and requesting that he be re-appointed with the province on boundary or other duties. The letter goes on to query the grade of assistantships and to request tha...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Captain Arthur William Roberts
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Note informing Captain Roberts that Government have declined to re-employ Captain Young and have placed him instead at the disposal of the military department.