Letter from Lewis Pelly, off Charrack [Bandar-e-Charack], to Henry Christopher Manse
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Brief letter reporting that Berenice burnt at sea 31 October [1866] and requesting the enclosed telegram be sent to Bombay with a copy for Bushire. Enclosure: Telegram to the Secretary to Government, 5 November 1866, reporting that Berenice burnt at sea about twenty-five miles east of Shaik Sh...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, off Charrack [Bandar-e-Charack], to the Officer Commanding British India Steam Navigation Company Mail Steamer passing up the Gulf
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Brief note requesting that the mail steamer call at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Edwin Dawes, Commanding Berenice
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Letter enclosing four letters to be sent to various recipients: The Superintendent of Telegraph at Mussendom [Musandam] The Officer Commanding ClydeThe Officer Commanding Mail Steamer Mr Hubert Walton There are letters to all the above recipients on the folios before and after this one, however ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to the Officer Commanding Mail Steamer passing up the Gulf, Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas]
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Letter requesting the favour that the Mail Steamer collect any letters for Lewis Pelly's address at Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and deliver them to him at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] , or if he is not there to give them to his agent. The letter also informs the officer that there will be letters...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to an undisclosed recipient
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Letter instructing the recipient to retain the detachment of sepoys at Bushire and informing him that Pelly's Derzee is en-route to Bushire to collect warm clothes and other essential items and send them by steamer to Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas]. The letter also requests that if Captain Oliver ...
Telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to Sir Bartle Frere
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Telegram thanking Frere for the offer of clothes from Bombay and informing him that all the crew and passengers from the Berenice were safely at Bassidore and that native clothing had been secured for them by Lieutenant Edwin Dawes.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, On board Earl Canning, off Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter informing Sir Bartle that he has learned from statements made by his servants that the fire on board Berenice was caused by servants using naked flames in either the sloop deck or holds. The letter also reports that the Officer commanding May Frere, Mr Arnst has been obstructive and has...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to His Excellency Charles Alison Esquire
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Letter regarding Pelly having been en-route to Muskat to acquire a blood arab mare for Alison when his steamer (Berenice) caught fire and recounting to Alison the incident and his week long journey to reach Bassidore. The letter continues by reporting that the agencies at Muskat and Gwadur have...
