Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding an article in the Edinburgh Review which contains a personal attack on Pelly and asking for Sir Bartle's thoughts on it. The letter also discusses recent observations on Central Asia and in particular the movements of Turkey, Russia and Persia; The good progress of Captains Geo...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Edward Charles Ross
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Letter thanking Ross for his offer of hospitality at Gwador and informing him that he has been to Bombay to meet the new Governor (William Seymour Fitzgerald) and therefore must continue on to Bushire. The letter goes on to discuss the Gwador Governor who wishes to visit Bombay and that althoug...
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
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Letter regarding Pelly's intentions to meet the Prince Governor General of Shiraz whom he considers to be about the best administrator and military leader in Persia and his hope that this meeting will resolve many of the disputes in the Persian littoral of the Gulf. The letter goes on to give P...
Letter regarding the agent Abdool Rahman's statements before officers onboard the ship Penguin with regards to Muscat and his support of Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s intentions to attack it. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's journey to Shiraz; whether Way would prefer to go to Bushire or...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Shiraz to [Messrs Remington and Company]
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Letter regarding Pelly's ten shares in the Colaba Land Reclamation company, which is now the Elphinstone Land Reclamation Company and whether they have signed new articles of association on his behalf in relation to these shares
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
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Letter regarding the thirty six shares they have purchased on Pelly's behalf in the New Bank of Bombay, the money paid into the bank by Narayn Wussadeojee as a deposit for the new shares and enclosing a note for 4,000 rupees to cover the full cost of the shares. The letter also refers to enclo...
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to an undisclosed recipient
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Letter regarding a prospectus which has been issued by the New Bank of Bombay and which lists shareholders eligible to purchase shares in the New Bank under the headings 'Europe, Persons resident up country, Residents in Bombay' and Pelly's objections that he has a right to buy shares as a share...
Folios three and four of a letter written by Lewis Pelly discussing Persian affairs, in particular attempts at making a complaint against the Bushire Foreign Moonshee and the difficult working conditions in Bushire before requesting that the recipient of the letter raise the issue with Lord Stan...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board May Frere, to Charles Alison
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Letter regarding a demand by the Persian Foreign Office that any individual who wishes to work as a servant at the Residency must have a certificate of good character signed by a competent authority and requesting that the Minister provide examples of instances where Residency servants have not ...
