Notes and Letters on the Publication and Sale of Persia and the Persian Question
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This file contains correspondence and notes concerning publication and sale of Persia and the Persian Question. The majority of the papers consist of receipts, and accounting documents by publishers who had published the initial edition of the book. The file also includes other publishers' quote...
This book consists of a map of Persia, with a memorandum and index, prepared by William John Turner for the Royal Geographical Society under the supervision of the Hon George Nathaniel Curzon, M P. The memorandum is written by George Curzon, a Member of Parliament, and explains the origins of t...
Two copies of the 1907 Romanes Lecture entitled Frontiers, by Lord George Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston. The lecture was delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre, University of Oxford, 2 November 1907. The volumes were printed by Clarendon Press, Oxford. The address opens with Curzon’s feelings on b...
'private letters from [John] Jacob, [Sir Henry] Green and [Sir William] Merewether while I was in England'
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The correspondence focuses primarily on the work and lives of the individuals corresponding with Lewis Pelly, with a key emphasis on Sind where General John Jacob, Sir Henry Green and Sir William Lockyer Merewether were all appointed to for periods of their career. The correspondence itself co...
Last folio of a letter from George William Macauley, possibly to General John Jacob, relating a journey which Macauley is undertaking in India and the need to travel through the hills if asked to return. Also referred to in the letter are instructions or orders which have not been received. The...
Letter from Henry Green, Camp Badur to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding possible journey arrangements should Pelly return to India via the Balau and arranging for a party of Sowars to accompany him owing to the pass being unsafe for single travellers. The letter also refers to an enclosed telegram (no longer enclosed) which Green believes may rela...
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Barrow Helbert Ellis, Sukkur
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Letter regarding the debate over whether to build a railway or a canal to link Kurrachee [Karachi] to the Indus which he and Ellis differ on, and detailing Pelly's reasoning behind his support of the canal proposal, including giving prospective costs for the movement of both people and goods by ...
Letter from Harriet Green, 9 James Street, Buckingham Gate, London to Captain Lewis Pelly
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Letter from Harriet Green, wife of Sir Henry Green, regarding a missed opportunity for them all to get together in London and also discussing the work of General John Jacob in India.
Letter from John Jacob, Ghouspoor [Ghouspur] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Jacob's correspondence with Lord Clarendon, a recent incident with Mr Murray and an article of Jacob's which appeared in the Leader December 1857. The letter goes on to discuss Jacob's decision to send Lieutenant George William Macauley to Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and their recen...
