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201. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 77v-78

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Mss Eur F126/70, ff 77v-78
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Colonel John Allen Wright
Scope & Content:
Note enclosing a telegram from Calcutta regarding the illness of the Maharana [Shambhu Singh] of Oodeypore [Udaipur] and instructing him to remain at the palace as much as possible and describing the protocol for the last hours of a Chief's life: Copy of a telegram from the Foreign Secretary to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1874
Extent:
2 folios

202. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 118-119

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Mss Eur F126/71, ff 118-119
Title:
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter asking if he could visit Pelly at 5pm that evening.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1873
Extent:
2 folios

203. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 122-127

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 122-127
Title:
Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:
Letter explaining his intentions in submitting General John Dobrée Woollcombe's letter requesting siege guns for Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] in order to handle a situation at Futtehgurh [Fatehgarh] and that garrison artillery would not be required as well as outlining the possible scenarios where th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1873
Extent:
6 folios

204. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 142-143

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Mss Eur F126/71, ff 142-143
Title:
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Governor General's Camp, Lucknow to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Captain Henry Byam Abbott being gazetted as Assistant Political Agent Third Class; Aitchison looking into whether or not there is a further vacancy; and Lord Northbrook's desire to appoint a civilian to replace Captain Victor Edward Law. A postscript to the letter informs Pelly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1873
Extent:
2 folios

205. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 183-184

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Mss Eur F126/71, ff 183-184
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief note returning a letter Pelly had sent him from Major Thomas Dennehy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1874
Extent:
2 folios

206. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 2-3

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Mss Eur F126/73, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 30 June 1873 regarding the Mayo College File, which had taken some time to put together for Saunders and discussing what he had and hadn't included in it. The file and précis which are referred to in the letter are no longer enclosed. A postscript to the letter, dated 1 July 1873,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1873
Extent:
2 folios

207. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 6-7

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Mss Eur F126/73, ff 6-7
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Herbert Mills Repton
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a recent trip to Tadgarh and his success in getting both sides to sign an agreement to avoid further fighting. The letter goes on to give details of the settlement and the difficulties he encountered on his return journey.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1873
Extent:
2 folios

208. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 8-11

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Mss Eur F126/73, ff 8-11
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his having sent a full account of his doings to Herbert Mills Repton, the difficulties he had encountered in meeting a local ruler, including rudeness and false messages regarding ill health. The letter goes on to discuss reports submitted in vernacular, Urdu and English; the b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1873
Extent:
4 folios

209. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 12-13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73, ff 12-13
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that he may have trouble getting through the Diwer Pass to Dasswii and suggesting he use the direct route to Udepur [Udaipur] instead, as well as informing him that the roads were being prepared for his carriage and describing the landmarks he would be able to see on the d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1874
Extent:
2 folios

210. Mss Eur F126/77, ff 13-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/77, ff 13-18
Title:
Report on the medical care of the Maharaja Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
Scope & Content:
Report, mostly likely written by Doctor James William Moore, Doctor to the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency regarding the death of Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur, who died on 13 February 1873, and describing his last weeks including treatments given to him by himself, as well as those given by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1873
Extent:
6 folios