Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, dated 5 November 1873, informing Pelly that one of his letters was received unsigned and requesting that he remedy this. The letter also contains a pencil note by Pelly on the verso of folio 121, dated 9 November, requesting a second draft of the letter for him to sign.
Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter explaining his intentions in submitting General John Dobrée Woollcombe's letter requesting siege guns for Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] in order to handle a situation at Futtehgurh [Fatehgarh] and that garrison artillery would not be required as well as outlining the possible scenarios where th...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Camb to Lewis Pelly
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Letter explaining when an individual's appointment would be 'Political Agent' and when it would be 'Political Resident' and how these titles can be carried over by the individual.
Letter from William Lee Warner, Agra to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter asking Pelly to inform Lieutenant Charles Edward Yate that the position for which he had applied had not yet been created but that he would be put forward for it should it be created and asking Pelly to remind him of the appropriate protocol for applying for such positions.
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Governor General's Camp, Agra to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that Lord Northbrook (Viceroy of India) had approved his address and requesting that he either have a fair copy of it made or a translation and asking that he inform him if would rather the Foreign Department undertake it.
Letter from Colonel William Earle to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that he had not been mentioned in the Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] programme as it had been assumed he would be accompanying the Viceroy throughout the day and informing him of someone else who had been omitted and requesting that Captain Arthur William Roberts be informed of the...
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Camp (Agra) to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that His Excellency wished Charles Umpherston Aitchison to accompany him to Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] and requesting that he be included in the arrangements.
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Governor General's Camp, Lucknow to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Captain Henry Byam Abbott being gazetted as Assistant Political Agent Third Class; Aitchison looking into whether or not there is a further vacancy; and Lord Northbrook's desire to appoint a civilian to replace Captain Victor Edward Law. A postscript to the letter informs Pelly...
