Letter from Lewis Pelly, Proule, Rouen, Normandy to Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)
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Letter regarding his having read in the print that the mission to Afghanistan has been given to Sir Neville Chamberlain and again asking to be considered for any suitable positions that may arise.
Letter from Edith, Countess of Lytton, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter thanking Pelly for the photographs of himself and his wife, Lady Amy Henrietta (née Lowder) and congratulating them on their recent wedding. The letter also informs Pelly of her own recent illness.
Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway, India to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Aboo [Abu] school; Lord Northbrook's appointment; the Cabul [Kabul] survey; the Chief Commissionership of Assam; and a recent event at Agra.
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Athanaeum Club, Pall Mall, London to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)
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Draft of a letter regarding his desire to return to employment once his leave ends in December 1878. The letter contains a number of corrections, amendments and sentences that have been crossed through.
Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, 7 Apsley Terrace, Acton to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's desire to have a work published and suggesting that perhaps a reprint of the work on John Jacob or the Indian Frontier Policy might suit him as it could be done quickly. The letter goes on to advise Pelly on what would be needed to make such a work successful and who he...
Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton), Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that there are no positions at present that he feels would justify inflicting a straw widowhood (term used to describe a woman whose husband was often away on business) on Lady Pelly. The letter goes on to discuss the need for military action to take place on the Indian f...
Letter from Henry Cecil Raikes, Watton House, Hertford to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that he had not wished to reply to his letter until he had seen Lord Salisbury and that owing to the weather he had not been able to until that day. The letter goes on to recount his meeting with Lord Salisbury on Pelly's behalf in which Pelly's current position was discu...
Letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, Athanaeum Club, Pall Mall, London to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)
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Letter encosing a copy of a telegram (no longer enclosed) and informing his Lordship that he is available to return to work at a day's notice should there be any suitable duty for him. The date of the letter is difficult to read, but may be 3 October 1878.
Draft letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, India Office to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)
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Draft copy of a letter regarding his recent engagement to Sir Rutherford Alcock's stepdaughter (Amy Henrietta Lowder); informing him that the wedding is to take place at Westminster Abbey on 1 August 1878; and observing that he was sure Lord Lytton's private secretary Owen Tudor Burne would have...
Letter from N [Lord Northbrook?] to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a forthcoming event which Ellward is now unable to attend but Horace G Walpole is able to come to and asking Pelly to be there at 7.30. A postscript marked private and confidential tells Pelly to read an article in the following day's copy of Times which has been signed 'N'.
