Letter from Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford, Odeypore [Udaipur] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that he had written to Major John Campbell Gunning for information on the strength of the Bheel corps, and that he had also written to the Durbar who he had learned had not received the report regarding the behaviour of the Corps and Major Gunning. The letter goes on to ...
Letter from Frederick Greenwood, Pall Mall Gazette, Northumberland Street, Strand, London to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding an account of a tour of North Africa which he had received from Pelly some years previously, and regarding the 'great game' which the British had been playing for four years and which in Greenwood's view they had lost.
Letter from Dr William James Moore, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter citing Pelly's commendation of Moore's work in Baroda, and giving news from Aboo [Ābu] including the development of Badminton there, as well as giving news of other colleagues throughout India.
Letter from Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that Lord Derby has recommended him to the Secretary of State for India to receive honours. The letter includes a draft in pencil of Pelly's reply expressing his pleasure at the news.
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding a letter which Pelly had sent to Charles Umpherston Aitchison regarding the re-employment of Captain Donald Robertson at Ajmere [Ajmer], and informing him that Captain Robertson will be borne in mind should any vacancy arise. The letter also informs Pelly that Lieutenant Talbot ...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter inviting Pelly to stay at Government House when he visits Calcutta.
Letter from Lord Northbrook, Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding Pelly's decision to return to England for health reasons, and making arrangements for Alfred Charles Lyall to cover Pelly's work in his absence.
Letter from Charles Allan Baylay, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding Pelly's decision to return to England for health reasons and expressing his hopes that the rest from work and change of air will help him. The letter goes on to discuss arrangements for Baylay to care for Pelly's kit at Aboo [Ābu]; to remind him that he still has a box of conf...
Letter from Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Camp Khow to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding the succession to rulership (of Maharajah of Alwar), including naming the two individuals with competing claims Suhdeer Sing [Sudhir Singh] and Mangul Sing [Singh], and regarding Suhdeer Sing's desires to guarantee his property and income.
Letter from John Hay, Apsley House, Piccadilly, London to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter giving Lord John Hay (rear-admiral)'s opinions on the possibility of a dissolution of parliament and possible reform bills. The letter goes on to ask for news on the proposed telegraph line from Tehran to the Indian Ocean and to discuss the financing of a telegraph to Australia and China.
