Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel John Allen Wright
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Letter approving all that Colonel Wright has done and informing him that his Demi-Official has been sent to the Foreign Secretary (Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby). The letter also informs the Colonel that the General at Mhow Division will reply to his requisition and enclosing new dr...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Alfred Comyns Lyall, Home Secretary to the Government of India, Calcutta
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Letter arranging to meet Lyall in Calcutta in order to discuss arrangements and matters relating to Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and also enquiring if he wishes to take over any of the furniture, crockery or stores currently at the Residency.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Lord Northbrook [Thomas George Baring]
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Letter thanking his Lordship for approving Pelly's request to take leave owing to his deteriorating eyesight which he needs to take precautions for, and discussing the causes of and possible solutions to it. The letter continues by discussing Pelly's satisfaction with arrangements within the R...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, care of the Political Agent, Muscat
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Letter thanking Pelly for his letters of 17 January 1873 and 13 March 1873 regarding the negotiations in Zanzibar and expressing his hopes that if Pelly does go to Rajpootana [Rājasthān] they will be able to meet again sooner than expected.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Gorton Castle, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's arrival in India, and a previous letter he had sent to Muscat which he assumes Pelly did not receive. The letter goes on to discuss his expectation that Pelly will come to Simla with Sir Bartle Frere and stay with Aitchison as well as visiting Government House.
Abstract of a khureeta [kharīṭa] from Khowas Parbuhseye, concubine of the late Maharajah Sirdar Sing [Sardar Singh] of Bikaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel John Cheape Brooke
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Letter discussing the inheritance her son had received from his late father Maharajah Sardar Singh and a decision to remove some of the lands and power from him.
Letter from [Bruce?] Deare, Mahableshwur [Mahābaleshwar] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's safe arrival in Simla, asking if he has made the acquaintance of William Hanson Chippendale who commands his regiment and asking him to present his Salaam's to Sir Henry Norman, should Pelly see him.
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Brief letter informing Pelly that Lord Northbrook (Viceroy of India) had approved James Charles Edwards' appointment at Bushire and asking if he should gazetted as Second Assistant.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison to Lewis Pelly, with response
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Letter from Aitchison regarding the agreed facts in a legal case in Ajmere [Ajmer] and asking for Pelly's thoughts on which course they should pursue (the letter refers to an enclosed letter about the case which is no longer there). Pelly's response to Aitchison's query is given below the origi...
