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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 41-42
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding questions that Pelly had asked about a case involving Captain Smith, and informing him that the Adjutant General had referred the matter to His Excellency the Commander in Chief. The case related to information that was included in the officers' statement of service; which inc...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Oct 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 43-44
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the already visible benefits of the new regime of discipline that Pelly has been enforcing in Rajpootana [Rajasthan]; and arranging for the two of them to meet in Agra.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Oct 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 45-46
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Office, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Letter informing Pelly that the Viceroy concurs with him that it would be inexpedient and unnecessary to raise the question of the restoration of the Chittore Gates with the Maharajah of Oodeypore [Udaipur]; and regarding a paragraph on the matter which has appeared in the Pioneer and which must...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Oct 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 47-48
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Office, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Letter in response to a letter Pelly wrote as Officiating Chief Commissioner of Ajmere [Ajmer] regarding the alteration of the rates of payment of the Government revenue by the Thakoors (nobility) of the Ajmere district. Pelly had proposed to fix the collection of the rates on the public and K...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Oct 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 49-50
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Brief note asking Pelly to submit his opinions on an unspecified matter.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Nov 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 51-52
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Camp to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the giving of 'utter and pau' by both the Viceroy and Foreign Secretary and the different classes of Chiefs who are entitled to receive it.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Nov 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 53-56
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding a recent illness which Pelly is recovering from, which had concerned his friends as the symptons had been similar to those of jungle fever, and suggesting he return to England with Aitchison in April to recover. The letter goes on to discuss a proposal by Pelly for a Confidenti...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Jan 1874
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 57-58
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:: Letter informing Pelly that the Governor-General had been asking after his health and when he intended on going on leave; that Aitchison had informed him how matters stood in Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and of the medical adviser's recommendation that three months leave would be succifient time for h...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Mar 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 59-60
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the Aitchison's departing for Scotland that evening and providing Pelly with their address whilst there; a meeting with Sir Bartle Frere; and the fact he will have to go back to the India Office on his return from Scotland as there is much work to be done.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 May 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/4, ff 61-62
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Clement Park, Lochee, Dundee to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter providing Pelly with the details of the trains from London to Edinburgh and the onward trains to Dundee so that Pelly can come and stay with them. A postscript to the letter contains a further invitiation for Pelly to visit issued by Mr and Mrs Cox, Beatrice Aitchison's parents, with wh...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 May 1874
Extent:: 2 folios

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