Letter No.4 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that the Gaekwar (Malharrao) should have every opportunity to prepare his defence and that he should be informed of this in writing. The letter goes on to discuss the likelihood that the court will meet on 18 February as Sir Richard Couch cannot be in Baroda before then,...
Letter No.5 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, approving the proceedings that Pelly had reported in his letter of 21 January and asking that he only undertake enquiries into the accusations and scandals that would bear upon the commission and its work.
Letter No.6 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked confidential, enclosing notes of a private conversation with Gregor Charles Paul, Adjutant-General at Calcutta, whom Frank Henry Souter's evidence from his support was submitted for opinion and showing the areas that Mr Paul thinks are the weak points in the case, and those who ar...
Letter No.7 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter giving Pelly an indication of the Viceroy's opinion on what would be proper for Henry Cleveland's guidance and suggesting that one and a half lakhs would be a liberal allowance, as when added to the money already advanced it would come to two lakhs in total.
Letter No.8 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, regarding articles in the Times of India and Bombay Gazette which had described the Gaekwar's palaces and which were very libellous and requesting that Pelly prohibit anyone from visiting the palaces unless on official duty, as well as advising him not to trust anyone fro...
Letter Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Barrackpore to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, requesting that Pelly explain to Andrew Richard Scoble and Jonathan Duncan Inverarity that although the case is to be treated as an ordinary criminal trial, there are political circumstances connected to it which cannot be introduced into a trial for the purpose of provin...
Letter from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, requesting that Pelly write a short summary of the measures he has taken regarding the general administration of Baroda to show that all measures have been in accordance with the recommendations of the original Commission and its advice to Malharrao, which he had stated h...
Letter from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Delhi to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's need to depart from Baroda for health reasons and Sir Richard Meade being contacted to replace him, as well as requesting that Pelly remain at Baroda until Sir Richard arrives, which will most likely be once the Commission has issued its report and fresh arrangements wil...
Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India
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Letter submitting an unofficial résumé of the condition that he has found affairs at Baroda to be in. The letter discusses the Gaekwar's (Malharrao) reaction to the khureeta issued by the Viceroy and Pelly's subsequent appointment and his willingness to be bound by the Viceroy's advice; letters...
