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Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Rohut [Rohat] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Note enclosing a copy of an unofficial letter from the Political Agent, Meywar [Mewār] regarding a proposed visit by the Maharana of Beawr [Beāwar] and Pelly's response. The enclosure referred to is no longer enclosed with the note.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Pallee [Pāli] to Major Charles Henry Clay
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Letter regarding the retirement of officers which Pelly has not received official news of and offering to keep him in consideration should vacancies arise.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to John Dobrée Woollcombe
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Letter regarding the invitation to the race ball and his error in assuming the invitation to attend had come from officers as opposed to the residents of Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād].
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Ajmere [Ajmer] to William Howell Beynon
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Letter attaching an enclosure for the Maharjah of Jeypore [Jaipur] and recounting the suffering of his coach horses under the coachman as well as requesting new horses to continue his travels. Enclosed letter to His Highness Maharajah Ram Sing [Sawai Ram Singh II] of Jeypore, 28 September, rega...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Note enclosing papers on the dangerous illness which the Maharana [Shambhu Singh] of Oodeypore [Udaipur] is suffering from. The papers are no longer enclosed with the note.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, in camp to Captain James Cavan Berkeley
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Letter congratulating Berkeley and his wife on the addition to their family and informing him of the movements of the camp and Grant-Duff's visit to Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and requesting that pay every attention to him during it.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Captain James Cavan Berkeley
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Letter congratulating Berkeley and his wife on the addition to their family and informing him of the movements of the camp and Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff's visit to Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and requesting that he pay every attention to him during it.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Ajmere [Ajmer] to Mrs Caroline Janet Sybella Shuttleworth
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Letter thanking her for her note and asking her to thank her husband for the ice. The letter goes on to discuss the coincidence of the Shuttleworths receiving a letter from Government regarding Mayo College on the same day that Pelly had submitted his name.