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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 63v-64
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to William Arden Crommelin
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the opening of Telegraph stations at Erinpoora [Erinpura] and Beawr [Beāwar] on 1 October and requesting information on proceedings for the openings and whether the Palee [Pāli] office is to close, which he is emphatically against. The letter also asks Crommelin to write to th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 64-65
Title:: Letter from the Race Ball Committee, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Note to Pelly apologising for the unavoidable delay in sending Pelly's invitation to the ball as they were not aware of his camps movements or where to send the invitiation. Enclosed are the earlier invitation and correspondence on the matter: Invitation, dated 7 September 1874, from the race b...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 65-66
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Pelly's travel schedule and his meetings with local Chiefs and Thakoors [Thakurs], his hopes of being in Calcutta 25 or 26 October and Lord Northbrooks invitation to Government House. The letter goes on to recount a pleasant visit to Major Walter, his ongoing troubles with Sau...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 66v-67
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Rohut [Rohat] to Colonel John Allen Wright
Scope & Content:: Letter urging Wright to undertake the work in his jurisdiction on the settlement of boundaries and requesting that Lieutenant Yate proceed to Minbahera [Nīmbāhera] to undertake boundary work there once finished his current work as the Political Agent there has gone on medical leave. The letter...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Sep 1874
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 68v-69
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp enroute from Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Palee [Pāli] to Captain Evelyn Baring
Scope & Content:: Letter accepting the invitation to Government House and discussing matters in Rajputana. The matters discussed include Pelly's visit to Jodhpore [Jodhpur] and his observations on the architecture of the Jodhpore fort; his full itinerary including work to be done at Ajmere [Ajmer] owing to the d...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 69v-70
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Rohut [Rohat] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding a draft certification and Pelly's satisfaction with its contents reflecting the altered circumstances in Rajpootana [Rājasthān].
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 70v-71
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Colonel William Carnell
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding a curious and delicate case of a person being buried alive and advising caution until the Governments view of the case is received.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 72v-75
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding submissions for promotion in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and the movements of the various agents: Colonel Macdonald at Deolee [Deoli] who is proceeding on privilege leave and has applied for permission to retire and recommending Major Clay to succeed him; Captain Shuttleworth (Canto...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Sep 1874
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 75v-76
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to General Sir Edward Lechmere Russell
Scope & Content:: Letter in response to the General regarding the case of Captain McRae and communicating to headquarters the General's opinions of the officer. The letter also discusses the recent weather in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and the Loowiasha at Jeypore [Jaipur] in honour of the opening of the state railw...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/70, ff 76-77
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Grant-Duff's travels from Ahmedabad which Pelly informs him will be impassable by road and recommending instead the train from Bombay to Jeypore [Jaipur] from where a carriage and horses could be laid on to Ajmere [Ajmer] and Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and further should he wish to...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Sep 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

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