Letter from Sir Bartle Frere, Mahabuleshwar to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Lady Frere's journey home to England and boxes of coins and fragments of pottery which Pelly had sent to the Freres. The letter also discusses Captain Jones's return; Mansfield's work on the Mekran Telegraph Line and his request to visit Bushire which Frere believes would be us...
Letter regarding the delay of the arrival of cables for new telegraph lines and his hopes that Pelly had an opportunity to meet Mr Murdoch Smith and discuss his explorations in Central Asia and North Africa. The letter goes on to discuss Sir Bartle's belief in the importance of having a 'good m...
Lady Catherine Frere, Parell [Parel, Bombay] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter imparting news of the family, in particular their health, and their plans for returning to England via Egypt and Naples. The letter also informs of their recent happenings including Sir Bartle laying a foundation stone for a lighthouse at Kenery [Khanderi Island] and a recent flower, fru...
Letter enclosing a letter from Lady Frere that had been returned to them owing to 'an informality with the stamping'. The letter asks for news of Pelly and of matters in the Gulf and expresses Frere's opinion that the Foreign Office is determined to 'let everything drift' not only in the Gulf b...
Catherine? Frere, Wessil Lodge, Wimbledon to Lewis Pelly
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Letter enclosing a copy of the novella The Battle of Dorking and regarding the public's fascination with the Tichborne case. The letter also gives news of the children including an exhibition of fans which one of her daughters was invited to exhibit at (the daughter's fan being a representation...
Lady Catherine Frere, Wessil Lodge, Wimbledon to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's letter of 7 August [1870?] and the news of his work and a visit from Captain G Smith, assistant to General Frederick John Goldsmid. The letter also discusses Sir Bartle's travels around England to visit friends accompanied by their daughters Katie and Georgie, and acco...
Letter regarding Pelly having been sent to Zanzibar with Sir Bartle Frere and enquiring whether the Sultan [Barghash bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] has changed much since they last saw him in Bombay. The letter also discusses Frere's work in Mauritius and the possibility of meeting Pelly in England.
Letter thanking Pelly for his letter of 17 January [1873?] giving information on his whereabouts and of his brother [Sir Bartle Frere]'s health as well as asking Pelly if he will be visiting the Comoros Island and then coming on to Mauritius and reporting on his improved health since arriving th...
Sir Bartle Frere, on board the Peninsular and Oriental Steamer Indus to Lewis Pelly
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Letter enquiring whether Pelly has charged the Major (name not given) with inappropriate conduct; regarding the report he is writing; and asking if Pelly can impress on Lord Northbrook the importance of Aden and the need for the harbour there to be dredged so the present generation of ships can ...