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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 142-145
Title:: Letter from William Howell Beynon, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, on leave in England
Scope & Content:: Letter thanking Pelly for the kindness he has shown to his wife Charlotte Beynon; announcing his departure from Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and giving reactions from friends and colleagues to the news; and discussing the recent visit of the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) and the Pri...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Mar 1876
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 146-149
Title:: Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, India Office to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, on leave in England
Scope & Content:: Letter, marked confidential, warning Pelly about the press in India and describing the way they operate compared to the press in England.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Mar 1876
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 150-153
Title:: Letter from Charles Burslam Saunders, The Residency, Hyderabad to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, on leave in England
Scope & Content:: Letter informing Pelly that he would have arranged for someone to meet him at Bombay, but he had been reported to be on a different vessel and it was too late once they knew to arrange anything. The letter concludes by enquiring after Pelly's health and informing him that he has been asked to g...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Apr 1876
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 154-155
Title:: Letter from Alice Kipling, Lahore to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:: Letter from Alice Kipling (née Macdonald, mother of Rudyard Kipling) asking for a portrait of Lewis Pelly and expressing her opinions at the rumours that Pelly has declined a position on the Council of India and that he may instead be appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Apr 1876
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 156-159
Title:: Letter from Samuel Swinton Jacob, Jeypoor [Jaipur] to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:: Letter updating Pelly on the matter of the creation of the dam at Jeypoor [Jaipur] and informing him of other irrigation matters there.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Apr 1876
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 160-161
Title:: Incomplete letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Ware Priory to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding reports in the newspapers that Punjab and Sind are to be united and that Pelly is to be the Governor. The letter goes on to state that he hopes Pelly is happy back in India and that he will let him know how his health is; and expresses the hope that this new position would mean ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Apr 1876
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 162-163
Title:: Letter from Philip Sandys Melvill, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding changes that are being made to the Residency at Baroda and how matters are progressing there.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 May 1876
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 165-169
Title:: Letter from Juyjeeurendap Khoosbawass, Vauré Taub, Surat District to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding papers and representations that he wished to make to Pelly in regard to a compensation claim, following injuries sustained during a riot in Baroda. The letter details the events of the riot which took place on 28 April 1875 and the circumstances by which he had been injured, as...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 May 1876
Extent:: 5 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 170-171
Title:: Letter from Philip Sandys Melvill, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding an application with annexes from Gujariand Vithal who is requesting a Jaghir to be granted by the Baroda State and a larger grant of land than has been given to him following his service to the British Government. The letter also reports on the rewards that have already been gr...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Jun 1876
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 172-179
Title:: Letter from Sir Philip Rose, Rayners, Penn, Buckinghamshire to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Sir Philip having learned from the Prime Minister (Benjamin Disraeli) that Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) had secured Pelly's services and discussing recent accounts of Lord Lytton 's health. The letter gives news of Sir Philip's daughter Louisa Frances an...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 10 Aug 1876
Extent:: 8 folios

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