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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/86, ff 50-81
Title:: Letter No.58 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda State to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla
Scope & Content:: Letter forwarding a list of all persons now under arrest or detention or released by the orders of or with the cognizance of the present Baroda Administration. The list consists of thirty-six individuals, of which twenty are under detention or surveillance and lists the locations of these indi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Mar 1875
Extent:: 32 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/87
Title:: Pages from the Times of India Reporting on Matters in Baroda Including the Arrest of the Gaekwar
Scope & Content:: Four pages from the Times of India, 16 January 1875 containing articles and reports relating to affairs in Baroda. The articles are entitled: The Gaekwar's property Affairs at Baroda Latest telegraphic intelligence: the crisis at Baroda Latest particulars: The surrender of the Guns The court for...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Jan 1875
Extent:: 1 file (2 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88
Title:: Private Letters to Lewis Pelly from Various Persons Concerning Affairs in Baroda.
Scope & Content:: Correspondence relating to the conclusion of the Baroda Commission and the production of the report on its findings, including a minute produced by Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) on the events of the previous two years and the findings of the Co...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Jan 1875-30 Sep 1875
Extent:: 1 file, 16 items (37 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88, f 14
Title:: Pencil notes written by Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Two pencil notes written by Lewis Pelly, one dated 14 January 1875 and the other 18 January 1875, possibly replies to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. The notes relate to forty lakhs of money which had allegedly been removed from Baroda and was intende...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Jan 1875-18 Jan 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88, f 17
Title:: Copy telegram from the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
Scope & Content:: Pencil copy of the telegram in which the Viceroy congratulates Pelly on the success of the measures he adopted in Baroda.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88, f 20
Title:: Telegram from Edmond Robert Wodehouse, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Parell to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
Scope & Content:: Telegram informing Pelly of the findings of the Baroda Commission that an attempt on Colonel Robert Phayre's life was made by individuals under instruction from Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda; that the Gaekwar had held secret communications with servants in the employ of Colonel Phayre and that he...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Mar 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88, f 21
Title:: Telegram from Edmond Robert Wodehouse, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Parell to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
Scope & Content:: Telegram informing Pelly that he cannot comply with the request made as the reports in question had not yet been forwarded to him.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Apr 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 1-4
Title:: Letter from Andrew Richard Scoble, Mahableshwur [Mahābaleshwar] to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter asking Pelly what he thought of the outcome of Baroda affairs, his disappointment that the opinions of the three English Commissioners were not acted on, and regarding the way in which the English newspapers were misled on the matter. The letter goes on to consider the various native Chi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Jun 1875
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 5-8
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Gorton Castle, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter, marked private, regarding the settling of Baroda affairs and a resolution on the subject which will be made public. The letter discusses the divisions between the English and Native members of the commission, the court's decision to accept the English outcome and the 'misunderstanding an...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Apr 1875
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 9-10
Title:: Letter from Adolphus Warburton Moore, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding questions of ceremonial procedure at Baroda which had been raised by Colonel Robert Phayre. The questions relate to the attendance of the Resident and Troops at the Gunputtee [Ganpati] and Dusseerah [Dussehra] festivals when they fall on a Sunday and asking which of the differen...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Jun 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

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