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851. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 53-54

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 53-54
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter giving full details of the fire on board Berenice on the morning of 31 October 1866 including the location in the Gulf it occured, the limited equipment on board for tackling such a fire, how the fire spread throughout the ship and how long it took for Berenice to sink. The letter then ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1866
Extent:

2 folios

852. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 54v-55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 54v-55
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Edward Charles Ross
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Ross having returned to Gwadur and being satisfied with matters there, and a letter of acknowledgement that Pelly has written to Henry W Warner, who had been acting in Ross's place and whose former ship Berenice had recently burnt at sea. The letter also discusses the vacant po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:

2 folios

853. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 55v-56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 55v-56
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly not having heard from Sir Bartle since October and his fears that recent incidents in the Gulf, including the loss of Berenice are the cause of this. The letter also refers to a rumour he heard from Hubert Walton that Sir Bartle had taken a fall from his horse but that h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1866
Extent:

2 folios

854. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 58v-59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 58v-59
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Sir Bartle's departure from his position as Governor of Bombay and his forthcoming role on the Council of India. The letter also discusses the need for a new agent at Muskat and the decision by the Government of India to view the question of Augam [Henjam] as one of purely tele...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1867
Extent:

2 folios

855. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 60v-61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 60v-61
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that an English officer be assigned to Muskat and the need to settle amicably the questions between Muskat and Persia regarding Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas]. The letter goes on to discuss matters of Politics, the Government of India, Russian Advances, the value of trade in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1867
Extent:

2 folios

856. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 62v-63

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 62v-63
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the Governorship of Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Pelly's intention of travelling to Bassidore in April to meet Way and discuss his future movements around the south of the Gulf. The letter also discusses Way's potential movements in visiting the arab coast should a ship of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1867
Extent:

2 folios

857. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 63v-64

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 63v-64
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to His Excellency Charles Alison Esquire
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the mischief that has been caused by the Persian Foreign Office Munshee [Munshi]; issues surrounding ownership of houses and property in Bushire; a new steam yachy that Government has sent to Bushire; and other minor Bushire affairs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1867
Extent:

2 folios

858. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 64v-65

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 64v-65
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Cotton Way
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Way that he has received a report from the Sharja agent that the Debai [Dubai] chief and the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Lieutenant at Beraymee [Buraimi] have been communicating with a view to aiding Syad Torkee [Turki bin Said] and requesting that he verify this information. The letter ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1867
Extent:

2 folios

859. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 65v-67

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 65v-67
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an article in the Edinburgh Review which contains a personal attack on Pelly and asking for Sir Bartle's thoughts on it. The letter also discusses recent observations on Central Asia and in particular the movements of Turkey, Russia and Persia; The good progress of Captains Geo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1867
Extent:

3 folios

860. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 67v-68

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 67v-68
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Edward Charles Ross
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Ross for his offer of hospitality at Gwador and informing him that he has been to Bombay to meet the new Governor (William Seymour Fitzgerald) and therefore must continue on to Bushire. The letter goes on to discuss the Gwador Governor who wishes to visit Bombay and that althoug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1867
Extent:

2 folios