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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 11-14
Title:: Letter from Sir Bartle Frere, Mahabuleshwar to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 02 May 1863
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 15-20
Title:: Sir Bartle Frere, Matheran to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 08 Nov 1863
Extent:: 6 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 21-23
Title:: Lady Catherine Frere, Parell [Parel, Bombay] to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Jan 1867
Extent:: 3 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 24-25
Title:: William Edward Frere, Bitton, near Bristol to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the recent publication in the Bombay Gazette of a letter written by Pelly; and also regarding Frere's workload.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Aug 1867
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 27-31
Title:: Sir Bartle Frere, India Office to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Jan 1870
Extent:: 5 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 32-35
Title:: Catherine? Frere, Wessil Lodge, Wimbledon to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Jun 1871
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 36-38
Title:: Lady Catherine Frere, Wessil Lodge, Wimbledon to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Oct 1871
Extent:: 3 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 39-40
Title:: William Edward Frere, Mauritius to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2 Feb 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 41-42
Title:: William Edward Frere, Mauritius to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Mar 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 43-46
Title:: Sir Bartle Frere, on board the Peninsular and Oriental Steamer Indus to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 May 1873-19 May 1873
Extent:: 4 folios

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