Letter from Arthur Naylor Wollaston, India Office to Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that although the printing process was sped up the play will not be ready for 17 May as errors occured which had to be corrected and therefore there are still eleven to twelve scenes left to do. The letter goes on to discuss the contents of the preface and what explanatio...
Letter from Arthur Naylor Wollaston, India Office to Lewis Pelly
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Letter asking for Pelly's thoughts on the title page, and informing him that the preface is complete apart from the final portion which Birdwood [George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood] has mislaid.
Letter from Lewis Pelly to George Molesworth Christopher Birdwood
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Letter quoting an extract from Mr Chening 'thanking him for his admirable work and that he hopes he does the book justice in the columns of The Times and expressing his pleasure at these words. Pelly goes on to ask Birdwood [George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood] to show the letter to Wollasto...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens to Allen & Co
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Letter requesting that copies of his play, once printed, be sent to the Marquis of Salisbury, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Lady Verney, The Dean of Westminster, Sir Rutherford Alcock, Matthew Arnold esq., The Earl of Derby, Lord Houghton and the Earl of Beaconsfield.
Certificates of commission for each of Lewis Pelly's appointments in the East India Company: Captain 23 November 1856; Major 18 February 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 15 November 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 30 June 1863; Lieutenant Colonel 12 December 1866; Major General 01 Apr...
