Letter enquiring after Pelly in India, describing the weather and asking how best to obtain Rose Water in the Gulf. The letter also mentions an enclosed note from Sir Bartle Frere (which is no longer enclosed).
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the differences between Rajputana [Rājasthān] affairs and Persian Gulf affairs; Aitchison's impressions of the Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] Chief; mail robberies in Jeypore [Jaipur]; the success of the Durbar in Ajmere [Ajmer]; news of happenings in the Gulf; trouble with the Turks at ...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding correspondence between Colonel John Cheape Brooke and the Government of India regarding the appointment of Mr Keane as manager of certain wards estates in Rajputana [Rājasthān], his subsequent removal from that post and the censure of Captain Herbert Mills Repton over the matter...
Letter from William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Major Charles George Gunning's appointment as Commandant of the Meywar [Mewār] Corps and outlining his credentials and references. The letter goes on to request a report on the state of the Meywar Corps for Lord Northbrook. The letter contains a note from Pelly recording that ...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 2 July 1873 regarding a letter by Pelly's predecessor (Colonel John Cheape Brook) on the levying of Octroi taxes in the Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] cantonment and detailing the objections to this before requesting Pelly's advice on any ways in which the town can be separated from the c...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 7 July 1873 enclosing a note from Colonel William Earle regarding Major Charles George Gunning's appointment and advising Pelly to have instructions waiting at Kheewarra [Khairwāra] for the officer that eventually goes there. Enclosed note from William Earle to Charles Umpherston...
Letter from Sir Richard Temple, Member of the Council of India, Simla to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Sir Richard's hopes of visiting Aboo [Ābu] and Oodeypore [Udaipur] in October 1874 and asking Pelly's advice on the best routes to take and the amount of time required for travelling.
Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Sir Bartle Frere's return to England having been eclipsed by the visit of the Shah of Persia (Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh), who had arrived there the same day. The letter also informs Pelly of the general goings on at Simla, including weekly musical parties, football matches, a recent ma...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Colonel John Cheape Brooke's recommendation that Captain Charles William Burton be confirmed to the post of assistant, and Government's concerns owing to his previous 'disparaging manner' and also a recent censure by Government which has lead Lord Northbrook (Viceroy of India) t...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, dated 30 June 1873, regarding a statement which had appeared in a local newspaper that European and Native officers in the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency were in the habit of using local Chief's vehicles and that although the statement had proved unfounded requesting that Pelly reiterate t...
