Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to James Dawson Macdonald
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Letter regarding an enclosure from an officer requesting to be excused from providing men for the Agent to the Governor General's escort this season and Pelly's view that this is an informal and unusual question which is not standard military discipline or procedure. Pelly goes on to request tha...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Percy William Powlett
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Letter regarding a pending question on change in the system of customs and whether it relates to salt specifically or is a more general question. The letter also asks if Powlett would be willing to act in Harrowlee [Hāraoti] should Berkeley return home as it could provide a useful sphere for h...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding Pelly's letter being written on his behalf by a friend owing to his recent eyesight problems; his having asked the Chief's in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to supply specimens and samples for a museum and the loss of (Britain's) character in many people in India's eyes owing to former ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding notes on the Ajmere [Ajmer] police and the small cause courts at Ajmere and Pelly's need on several occasions to express his 'emphatic' official displeasure with Leslie Saunders as well as describing his issues and reasons for disliking the man and his work. The letter goes on ...
Letter, to an unknown recipient, requesting confirmation of the safety of Pelly's gold sheathed sword which was presented to him by the Sultan of Muscat and of his Japanese crockery, both of which were in the possession of the late Narayn Vasedes.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to William Arden Crommelin
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Letter enclosing a memorandum from a coachman and requesting reports from the Superintendent Engineer on the state of the road: The memorandum details the difficulties with the road between Erinpoora [Erinpura] and Sanderao and beyond and the damage being caused to carriages by the difficulties.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to William Arden Crommelin
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Letter regarding an engineer, Mr Span, who had been unable to carry out his orders to report on the Roskeekishen road and had returned to Aboo [Ābu] to await further orders instead of continuing to his destination and writing for orders from there. The letter also requests any reports on engin...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Messrs B W N Powys
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Letter enclosing a copy of a letter to Gwyn Jefferys regarding payment for Pelly's Edmonton estate: Enclosed Letter regarding payment for the estate, Cuckoo Hall Farm, in Edmonton and outlining the various sources of the remittances that will cover the cost, and thanking Mr Jeffreys for his kind...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding the movements of Pelly's camp and his intention, on reaching Jeypore [Jaipur] to travel to Calcutta to see an occulist as his eyes are worsening. The letter also discusses matters with Saunders; an unpleasant and delicate discussion between Captain Roberts and the Maharaja of ...
