Draft letter from Lewis Pelly to Messrs Remington and Company
Scope & Content:
Draft of a letter regarding the settling of accounts and the criminal actions of the bank. This letter is incomplete and has been crossed through. A letter to Messrs Remington on the recto of folio 182 appears to be a later complete version of this letter.
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire to Messrs Coyle and Company, 31 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin
Scope & Content:
Letter placing an order for the purchase of alcohol for consumption at the Residency, including Whisky, Brandy, Champagne, Wine and Ale. The letter also gives the price per ounce of each item and the quantities ordered.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking them for their careful arrangement of his affairs with the Bank of Bombay and acknowledging their decision not to sell his shares in the Colaba and Elphinstone Land Reclamation Companies. The letter also acknowledges the new balance of his account with them and informs them tha...
Letter requesting that Pelly's shares in the Colaba Reclamation Company and China Bank be realised and credited to his account in the new Bank of Bombay and that his remaining credit balance in the old Bank of Bombay be credited to Messrs Remington & Co.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Narayn Wussadeojee
Scope & Content:
Letter asking Narayn to visit Messrs Remington and settle the remaining 2-3000 rupees required to purchase the shares in the new bank of Bombay prior to the 1st March and asking him to visit the bank to ensure no mistakes have been made. The letter goes on to total the amount that Pelly is in ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
Scope & Content:
Letter authorising Messrs Remington to withdraw Pelly's balance from the old bank of bombay and use it to pay for his shares in the new bank; and to collect on various interests and safety deposit receipts and to sell some of his shares in order to purchase the new shares. The letter also incl...
Letter requesting that 2000 rupees be sent to Messrs Remington in order to be forwarded on to him; Pelly's recent bout of fever and his forthcoming travel to Muscat.
Brief note informing him of the remittence of 1500 rupees to Messrs Remington and requesting further information on the 1700 rupees still in his account in the old Bank of Bombay.
