Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Percy William Powlett
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Letter regarding Pelly's intention to study all the states and Chiefs under his responsibility and the rumours that this has sparked. The letter goes on to discuss matters with the Maharajah of Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] and the Ulwa [Alwar] chief and requesting information on the protocol for visit...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Anandroo Narayn Vasedes
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Letter regarding Anandroo's decision to follow in his late father's footsteps and arranging for the bust of Pelly to be sent to him. The letter also requests that his money in the Bank of Bombay be credited to his personal account by the executors and regarding a note for Captain Henry: Note to ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter
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Letter accepting an invitation from Walter to visit Jodhpore [Jodhpur] and see the ceremonials and arranging his travel and itinerary for the visit. The letter also approves arranging an elephant ceremony in place of a carriage ceremony if the Maharajah would prefer it and thanking Walter and ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel William Carnell
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Letter regarding an unofficial letter that had been inadvertently included with the official papers and the procedure for withdrawing it. The letter goes on to explain to Carnell the difference between Unofficial and official letters and that although unofficial letters often contained intimati...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding the attention that Pelly has been paying to the subject of Nawab Faiz Alli [Ali] Khan and the actions that he has attempted to take in the matter, the Nawabs response to these actions and the matter of a Jagheer which had been granted to him. The letter also discusses reports s...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Mr Fitzgerald
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Letter regarding Pelly's K.C.S.I [Order of the Star of India], a K.C.B. [Order of the Bath] which Lord Mayo had recommended him for, the pleasantness of his current appointment in India and the courteous and fair treatment by the Government of India within it.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp outside Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter enclosing a memorandum of his public service which the Baronetage and Knightage and Sir Bartle had both previously requested and explaining its incompleteness owing to loss of his papers in travels and accidents. The letter goes on to recount his current travels including his camp's arri...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Colonel John Allen Wright
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Letter advising Wright not to interfere in the affair of the Sherishtadar other than to give advice to the Maharana. The letter goes on to request that Mr Bickajee carry out his settlement work and detailing plans to settle most of the disputed borders of the states. The letter also suggests w...
