Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel Goodfellow, Political Agent, Bhooj [Bhūj]
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Letter enclosing an extract of a letter from the Maharajah of Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur] regarding his unwillingness to part with his minister (extract no longer enclosed).
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Philip Durham Henderson
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Letter regarding a question from Henderson about Elephants and that he had instructed the Political Agents to telegraph Henderson direct in response. The letter also refers to the issue of Kerowlee [Karauli] having claimed precedence of Kishenghur [ Kishangarh] and stating that the matter has ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Thomas Cadell
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Letter inviting Cadell to bring Dr R M Downie to Agra with him and asking whether Captain Percy William Powlett would like to come too. The letter also discusses the matter of officers having been discovered taking their leave outside of the province without permission.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Arthur William Roberts
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Letter asking if Roberts can assist in arranging for furniture for tents, asking whether they could borrow a band from the Maharaja and stating that Colonel Macdonald is giving them some bag pipers. The letter goes on to ask about the ground that is being used for the camp and where it is loca...
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Lieutenant Adelbert Cecil Talbot
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Letter regarding seating arrangements for the Durbar at Agra; and requesting a complete list of all the border dispute cases which were currently pending in Rajpootana [Rājasthān], with a request for further details on those that may exist between Jeypore [Jaipur] and other states and giving exa...
Brief note forwarding a letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison (Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department) regarding payment of Government revenue by the Thakoors of Ajmere [Ajmer] district.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to an undisclosed recipient
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Letter regarding a proposed pilgrimage to be undertaken by the Maha Rana [Maharana], and the recipient of the letter's desire to accompany them on it which Pelly vetoes owing to the recipients pressing work matters that should be attended to.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer]
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Letter regarding his understanding that Mrs Edith Saunders had not wished to come to Agra as Mrs Agnes Robertson would not be there, but that should she wish to come he would arrange to put them up at the Camp to the best of his ability.
