Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to A? L? Crommelin
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Letter regarding the ongoing matter between Colonel Williams and Leslie Saunders, including Saunders latest letter to Williams and instructing Crommelin on where to send the papers should Williams wish to take the matter further.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur], Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to Edward Charles Ross
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Letter regarding appointments in the Persian Gulf and Pelly's own appointment in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] as well as the lack of official news in regards to them. The letter also discusses Pelly's play and the cost of illuminating it being too high and requesting that any illuminations along with...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Sir Dinker [Dinkar] Rao
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Letter regarding Sir Dinkar's confidential communications on Dholepore [Dholpur] affairs and promising to keep them secret. The letter goes on to inform him of Pelly's intention to spend time at Jeypore [Jaipur] in order to watch affairs in Dholepore, Bikaneeer [Bīkāner], Futtehgheer [Fatehgarh]...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp - Jeypore [Jaipur] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
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Letter regarding Pundit Munphool's resignation from the ministership of Bikaneer [Bīkāner], and his request to be considered for the position at Kotah which the Government is considering Fyz Alli Khan [Faiz Ali Khan] for. The letter goes on to discuss recent interference at Puttiala [Patiala];...
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
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Letter regarding the need to employ a confidential clerk as Pelly has been using a young man he trained in the Persian Gulf, but that he will be required to return there now Pelly's appointment has been confirmed. The letter goes on to comment on the essential use the young man has been as the ...
Letter No.11 of 1873 from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to an undisclosed recipient (Government of India?)
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Letter concerning the 'advisability or otherwise' of developing pearl fisheries in the deeper channels of the Persian Gulf. The letter details the political situation in regards to responsibility for the pearl banks in the Gulf; past actions taken by the Government to prevent British subjects o...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to His Lordship the Viceroy of India (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook)
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Letter regarding the spring crops which are thriving; matters with the Ulwer [Alwar] Chief; the appointment of a new native minister in Kotah; current matters in Bikaneer [Bīkāner] where there as been a change of ministry; matters in Dholepore [Dholpur] where individuals have been meddling the a...
Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Captain Henry Byam Abbott
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Letter regarding the available appointment in Ulwa [Alwar] and Abbott's interest in it, and discussing the system of grading for officers in the political department.
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook)
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Letter thanking his Lordship (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) for Captain Henry Byam Abbott's appointment; a new appointment to the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Police Agency; problems with the conduct of Captain Victor Edward Law; the Raja of Rajpootana consenting to Fyz...
Letter book of private letters from Lewis Pelly to various persons.
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The letter book consists of correspondence primarily between Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana [Rājasthān], and the individuals who reported to him including his assistants Henry Byam Abbott, Charles Allan Baylay and William Howell Beynon; the Political Agents for Jaipur, M...
