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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 42v-44
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Messrs B W N Powys
Scope & Content:: Letter enclosing a copy of a letter to Gwyn Jefferys regarding payment for Pelly's Edmonton estate: Enclosed Letter regarding payment for the estate, Cuckoo Hall Farm, in Edmonton and outlining the various sources of the remittances that will cover the cost, and thanking Mr Jeffreys for his kind...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Aug 1874
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 44-45
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the movements of Pelly's camp and his intention, on reaching Jeypore [Jaipur] to travel to Calcutta to see an occulist as his eyes are worsening. The letter also discusses matters with Saunders; an unpleasant and delicate discussion between Captain Roberts and the Maharaja of ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Aug 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 45v-46
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to James Cavan Berkeley
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the good results of Berkeley's work in Kotah [Kota], a reply to the Nawabs report and Colonel Macdonalds retirement.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 46v-47
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Percy William Powlett
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Pelly's intention to study all the states and Chiefs under his responsibility and the rumours that this has sparked. The letter goes on to discuss matters with the Maharajah of Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] and the Ulwa [Alwar] chief and requesting information on the protocol for visit...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 47-48
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Anandroo Narayn Vasedes
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Anandroo's decision to follow in his late father's footsteps and arranging for the bust of Pelly to be sent to him. The letter also requests that his money in the Bank of Bombay be credited to his personal account by the executors and regarding a note for Captain Henry: Note to ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 48v-49
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter
Scope & Content:: Letter accepting an invitation from Walter to visit Jodhpore [Jodhpur] and see the ceremonials and arranging his travel and itinerary for the visit. The letter also approves arranging an elephant ceremony in place of a carriage ceremony if the Maharajah would prefer it and thanking Walter and ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 1874
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 49v-50
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel William Carnell
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding an unofficial letter that had been inadvertently included with the official papers and the procedure for withdrawing it. The letter goes on to explain to Carnell the difference between Unofficial and official letters and that although unofficial letters often contained intimati...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 51-53
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the attention that Pelly has been paying to the subject of Nawab Faiz Alli [Ali] Khan and the actions that he has attempted to take in the matter, the Nawabs response to these actions and the matter of a Jagheer which had been granted to him. The letter also discusses reports s...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 1874
Extent:: 3 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 53v-54
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to George Lucas
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding a lack of vacancies in the regions Pelly is responsible for and the limited patronage even within the Government of India.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 56v-57
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Mr Fitzgerald
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Pelly's K.C.S.I [Order of the Star of India], a K.C.B. [Order of the Bath] which Lord Mayo had recommended him for, the pleasantness of his current appointment in India and the courteous and fair treatment by the Government of India within it.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

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