Draft circular letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel William Beynon, Jeypore [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Meywar [Mewār]; Colonel William Carnell, Erinpoora [Erinpura]; Major Charles Walter, Jodhpoor [Jodhpur]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Captain James Berkeley, Harrowlee [Haroli] - Deolee [Deoli].
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Letter enclosing a note from Charles Umpherston Aitchison regarding Rajpootana [Rājasthān] carriages (the note is no longer enclosed).
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent Governor General, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to The Manager, Times of India Office, Bombay
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Letter regarding a previous request from Pelly that his newspapers be sent to his new address in Aboo [Ābu] rather than his old one in Simla, which had not been done and again requesting that they update their address for him.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Gaspar Rozario, No.7 Grant Building, Bombay
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Letter regarding Mr Rozario's desire to apply for the honorary rank of Assistant Surgeon and Pelly's opinion that this should be granted to him owing to his long and valuable service in the Gulf of Oman and Persia and in Central Asia. The letter states that he may show Pelly's letter to relevan...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer]; Colonel William Beynon, Political Agent Jeypoor [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Political Agent Oodeypoor [Udaipur]; Colonel William Carnell, Political Agent, Sirohie [Sirohi]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Political Agent Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Captain James Berkeley, Officiating Political Agent Harotee [Hāroti]-Deolee [Deoli]; Captain Charles Burton, Assistant to the Agent Govern...
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Letter enclosing a note from Captain Philip Durham Henderson concerning the forthcoming Durbar at Agra: Letter from Captain Philip Henderson, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General, Rajpootana [Rājasthān], 7 August 1873 informing Pelly that those Chief's who do n...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Dhola to Dr William James Moore
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Letter regarding dispensary arrangements in Jodhpore [Jodhpur]; the question of whether or not Pelly's predecessor was aware of the problems there; Dr J H Newman's return; and the importance of having a medical officer in Camp.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Dhola to James Cavan Berkeley
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Letter regarding arranging a meeting with the Chief's at Deolee [Deoli] and ensuring that no undue pressure is placed on them in regards to their attending it. The letter also discusses Pelly's travel movement and when he hopes to catch his camp up.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Deolee [Deoli] to Colonel Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson
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Brief note enclosing a copy of a letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison regarding His Highness the Maharaj (of Mewār). The letter from Aitchison is no longer enclosed.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
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Letter regarding arrangements to meet Aitchison in Agra and his current whereabouts in Ajmer. The letter goes on to discuss his trip to Kotah [Kota] including a visit to Boondee [Būndi] and gives details of a nasty affair in Mhairwarra [Merwāra] in which the head constable and two police office...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
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Letter regarding an enclosed letter from Brigadier-General John Dobrée Woollcombe on the means at his disposal to coerce rebellious Chiefs or Nobles in his regions, and supprting the General's suggestions. The letter goes on to propose a station at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] with artillery and to ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Ajmere [Ajmer] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
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Letter regarding the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook)'s decision to cancel the Durbar and asking whether this was due to the apprehended famine, the fear of disease in the camp or whether his Lordship simply considered the limited numbers and minor status of the Chief's atten...
