Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to James Dawson Macdonald
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Letter regarding correspondence on sepoy labour which is being sent to him and drawing the attention of Government to the question of Uniform as well as a response on a question relating to Macdonald's church in Deoli and authorising the grant for the church to be sent as soon as possible. Pell...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Maharana
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Note acknowledging the Maharaja's letter regarding his health, the fullness of his lake and the promise of a favourable harvest. The full title and location of the Maharana is not given.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to the Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding General Henry Dermot Daly sending his unwanted officers to Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and Pelly not wanting them as he has enough of his own.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Colonel John Allen Wright
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Letter advising Colonel Wright that the Maharana should attend to Dr Burr's recommendations and approving his request to withdraw Major Gunning's outposts. The letter also discusses when Wright should come to visit Pelly.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Maharajah
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Letter regarding Pelly's good fortune in avoiding the rain during his travels from Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] to Aboo [Ābu] and Rajpootana [Rājasthān] being blessed with rain so the crops will be abundent. The letter also asks after the health of the Maharajah and enquires after his family.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Honourable Michael John Maxwell Shaw-Stewart
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Letter enclosing a letter for Shaw-Stewart's private attention which he is to destroy after reading and discussing the patronage of the Viecroy. The private letter is not enclosed.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Mrs Janette St. John
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Letter regarding Pelly having submitted her husband's name for the Governorship of Mayo College and describing the station and its climate. The letter also states that Pelly has submitted St. John's name for a Political Agent vacancy in Central Asia should he not be chosen as Governor.