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Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to the Secretary to the Auditor, Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company, Bombay
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Note requesting that the amount for the warrant be paid into his account with the New Bank of Bombay and informing them that the warrant never reached him.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Pallee [Pāli] to Charles Shuttleworth
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Letter regarding a cart and ten camels which are being used to transport some of Pelly's kit, detailing its escort and requesting that Shuttleworth store it for him.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Pallee [Pāli] to Colonel William Carnell
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Letter instructing Carnell to send Lieutenant Yate on his boundary work immediately owing to the season and the impending weather, and asking if the Colonel had seen a shirt with enamelled studs which Pelly believed he had left behind during his last visit.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to William Howell Beynon
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Letter acknowledging receipt of a letter from the Maharaja of Jodhpore [Jodhpur] and discussing the Peshwahee the previous day, his schedule in Jodhpore and his travel itinerary on leaving. The letter also references a telegram regarding a terrible accident in England on the Great Eastern Railw...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to William Arden Crommelin
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Letter enquiring after the periodical reports on the Mayo College buildings which the superintendent works was to submit to Pelly. The letter also goes on to request a formal letter regarding a road and asking to see any instructions for Bombay regarding glass windows and doors for the residenc...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to all Political Agents, Commissioner Ajmer, Commandants [Military] Corps
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Note enclosing a Demi-Official letter from Captain Evelyn Baring, private secretary to the Viceroy, to Colonel Brooke, Pelly's predecessor: Extract from a Demi-Official letter, dated 17 September 1872, regarding the submission of applications for promotion and preferment.