Letter from Charles Burslam Saunders, The Residency, Hyderabad to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, on leave in England
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Letter informing Pelly that he would have arranged for someone to meet him at Bombay, but he had been reported to be on a different vessel and it was too late once they knew to arrange anything. The letter concludes by enquiring after Pelly's health and informing him that he has been asked to g...
Letter from Alice Kipling, Lahore to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter from Alice Kipling (née Macdonald, mother of Rudyard Kipling) asking for a portrait of Lewis Pelly and expressing her opinions at the rumours that Pelly has declined a position on the Council of India and that he may instead be appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab.
Incomplete letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Ware Priory to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter regarding reports in the newspapers that Punjab and Sind are to be united and that Pelly is to be the Governor. The letter goes on to state that he hopes Pelly is happy back in India and that he will let him know how his health is; and expresses the hope that this new position would mean ...
Letter from Juyjeeurendap Khoosbawass, Vauré Taub, Surat District to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter regarding papers and representations that he wished to make to Pelly in regard to a compensation claim, following injuries sustained during a riot in Baroda. The letter details the events of the riot which took place on 28 April 1875 and the circumstances by which he had been injured, as...
Letter from Philip Sandys Melvill, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter regarding an application with annexes from Gujariand Vithal who is requesting a Jaghir to be granted by the Baroda State and a larger grant of land than has been given to him following his service to the British Government. The letter also reports on the rewards that have already been gr...
Letter from Sir Philip Rose, Rayners, Penn, Buckinghamshire to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter regarding Sir Philip having learned from the Prime Minister (Benjamin Disraeli) that Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) had secured Pelly's services and discussing recent accounts of Lord Lytton 's health. The letter gives news of Sir Philip's daughter Louisa Frances an...
Letter from George Edwin Seward, Dorcton House, Madras to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter regarding Pelly's recent illness; rumours that he may be considering a position on the Council of India; his possible return to India with Lord Lytton and general political musings. The letter also encloses a press cutting (folio 84) from an Indian newspaper (possibly the Bombay Times) w...