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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 14v-15
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Honourable Narayn Vasedes
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the safe arrivals of some mangoes and a dinner party Pelly held in their honour as many of his guests had never tasted a mango before. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's reappointment to the legislative council, his role in Rajpootana [Rājasthān], the recent rainfall and hi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 16v-17
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Narayn Vasedes
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Pelly's health, particularly his eyes and his fear that he may need a year away from tropical climates in order to rest them. The letter also discusses the recent rains and winds which Pelly is fed up with.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 5 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 17v-18
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Narayn Vasedes
Scope & Content:: Letter concerning two cases containing cars taken from a bust of Pelly which are en route to Bombay and informing Vasedes that he has instructed the delivery company to send them to him and asking that he accept one as a gift, look after the other which is in the larger case, and send the smalle...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 18-19
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Karsondas Madharadas
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding notification of the death of Narayn Vasedes and the concerns that Pelly had expressed on last seeing him regarding the proportions and weight of his house. The letter also expresses Pelly's condolences to Narayn's wife and sons and regarding letters sent to Narayn on the day o...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 20-21
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Henry Byam Abbott
Scope & Content:: Letter thanking Abbott for the mangoes and regarding a trip he took through the province as well as his good fortune in not being impeded by the floods. The letter goes on to discuss the continuous rain at Aboo [Ābu] which has reached 60 inches, Captain Powlett's return, Pelly's intention to vi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 21v-22
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to The Manager, Indian Economist Newspaper, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Letter enclosing a cheque and cancelling his subscription as he now obtains the paper through official channels.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 23-24
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Karsondas Madharadas
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding an urgent payment that needs to be made to the court of chancery in the United Kingdom and that Pelly has instructed another person to take care of it as he did not want to intrude on Narayn Vasedes family at this time.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 24v-25
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Secretary to the New Bank of Bombay Limited
Scope & Content:: Letter requesting the favour of the bank in remitting a sum of money to the London and Westminster Bank to be paid to the chancery.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 25v-26
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Mr Fago?
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Railway and his pressing the matter with the Government of India as well as the need for Mr Fago? to keep pressing Government if he wants to get a railway.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Aug 1874
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 26-27
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Dr William James Moore
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding his work with Colonel Beynon at Bhurtpore [Bharatpur], his intention to move camp on 28 August, his work at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and Ajmere [Ajmer] and his intention afterwards to move on to Kotah [Kota], Jallawat, Tounk [Tonk], Jeypore [Jaipur], Sambur [Sāmbhar], Seekur [Sīk...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

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