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1451. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his inability to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] and meet with Pelly in Jodhpore [Jodhpur] owing to the state of disquiet at that time, and regarding the difficulties being caused by the Maharaja (Dungar Singh) being on unfriendly terms with various groups and individuals which have n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1452. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 23-24
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter confirming that he would not be able to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to meet with Pelly owing to the ongoing difficulties with the Maharaja, and regarding various complaints which have been taken up and the slow pace with which they were being resolved.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1453. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a note from Pundit Munphool in which he asks to be considered for the Dewanship of Kotah, and giving his (Burton's) recommendation of him as a being capable of the role and referncing an excerpt from his annual report to Colonel John Cheape Brooke 31 May 1873 in which he had rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios

1454. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, with copy, reporting on his meeting with the Maharaja (Dungar Singh), Lal Singh's objections to going to Jeypore [Jaipur] owing to his concerns over matters of etiquette and proposing instead to meet Colonel Pelly at Ajmere [Ajmer]. The letter goes on to discuss the advantages of convers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios

1455. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 33-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 33-34
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Choy Hial, who had held offices for many years before resigning through ill health in June 1871 and who had most recently been a member of the Bickaneer [Bīkāner] Council and was considered to be one of the few individuals giving good advice to the Maharaja.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1456. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 35-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 35-36
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for offering to meet him in Ajmere [Ajmer] and proposing that they revert to their original intention of meeting in Jeypore [Jaipur] on 1 January 1874.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1457. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 37-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 37-38
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that Pelly forward a letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison on to him as the previous copy did not reach the Foreign Office and his name did not appear on the gradation list.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1458. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 39-40
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Camp Seehur to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for sending the letter from Aitchison; and discussing some disputed land near Bursoo [Budsu] which is nearly 100 miles from the road to Bickaneer [Bīkāner], including the difficulties in reaching it, the poor quality of the roads, the lack of available water and the need fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1459. Mss Eur F126/73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73
Title:
Beeawur [Beāwar] Agency - D.O. Letters from Mr Robertson
Scope & Content:
Demi-official letters from Captain Donald Robertson, Political Agent at Beawur [Beāwar], to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Leslie Seymour Saunders (Commissioner at Ajmer), and Herbert Mills Repton (Deputy Commissioner of Ajmer Mewara [Mewra]). The correspondence discusses arrangements for translating an ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1873-11 Feb 1874
Extent:

1 file, 5 items (15 folios)

1460. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
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