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1331. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 27v-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 27v-28
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Charles Hall, the Chief Clerk to the Vice Chancellor
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's purchase of the property Cuckoo Hall Farm, Edmonton and a potential delay in payment for the property being received by the Court of Chancery owing to the death of Narayn Vasedes and Pelly's finances being tied up in the deceased's estate until the will is proven.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1332. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 29v-30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 29v-30
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to William Arden Crommelin
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding confusion over the sending of letters to their correct destinations and asking him to meet Pelly on Mondays and Thursdays.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1333. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 30-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 30-31
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to James Cavan Berkeley
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Berkeley's disobeyance of Pelly's orders for public and domestic reasons.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1334. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 31v-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 31v-32
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to James Dawson Macdonald
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an enclosure from an officer requesting to be excused from providing men for the Agent to the Governor General's escort this season and Pelly's view that this is an informal and unusual question which is not standard military discipline or procedure. Pelly goes on to request tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1335. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 33v-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 33v-34
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Percy William Powlett
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a pending question on change in the system of customs and whether it relates to salt specifically or is a more general question. The letter also asks if Powlett would be willing to act in Harrowlee [Hāraoti] should Berkeley return home as it could provide a useful sphere for h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1336. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 34v-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 34v-35
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Bartle Frere
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's letter being written on his behalf by a friend owing to his recent eyesight problems; his having asked the Chief's in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to supply specimens and samples for a museum and the loss of (Britain's) character in many people in India's eyes owing to former ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1337. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 35v-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 35v-38
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding notes on the Ajmere [Ajmer] police and the small cause courts at Ajmere and Pelly's need on several occasions to express his 'emphatic' official displeasure with Leslie Saunders as well as describing his issues and reasons for disliking the man and his work. The letter goes on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1874
Extent:
4 folios

1338. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 39v-40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 39v-40
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu]
Scope & Content:
Letter, to an unknown recipient, requesting confirmation of the safety of Pelly's gold sheathed sword which was presented to him by the Sultan of Muscat and of his Japanese crockery, both of which were in the possession of the late Narayn Vasedes.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1339. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 40v-41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 40v-41
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to William Arden Crommelin
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a memorandum from a coachman and requesting reports from the Superintendent Engineer on the state of the road: The memorandum details the difficulties with the road between Erinpoora [Erinpura] and Sanderao and beyond and the damage being caused to carriages by the difficulties.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1340. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 41-42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 41-42
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to William Arden Crommelin
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an engineer, Mr Span, who had been unable to carry out his orders to report on the Roskeekishen road and had returned to Aboo [Ābu] to await further orders instead of continuing to his destination and writing for orders from there. The letter also requests any reports on engin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios