Letter enclosing Pelly's letter to Seymour John Blane for Clerk and Percivals perusal and requesting they forward it on to Blane once read. The letter also refers to Pelly's recent work in Muskat and the completion of his Muskat Wahabee [Wahhabi] mission and his hopes of being able to rest en-r...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] opposite Shaik Shaab Island, to James Charles Edwards, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident, Bushire
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Letter regarding Berenice having caught fire and the pasengers (including Pelly) having taken to the boats to escape and that all persons on board and the treasure chest were saved but all other belongings lost. The letter goes on to inform Edwards that they are en-route to Bassidore and askin...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] inside the Island of Shaik Shaab, to the Officer Commanding Gun Boat Clyde.
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Letter requesting that the Clyde travel with all practicable speed to Bassidore anf then on to Nakhilu [Nokhaylo] to collect all those persons previously on-board Berenice.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo], to Captain Edwin Dawes, Commanding Berenice
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Letter asking Mr Dawes to despatach an officer in a Bugarah, or one of their own boats, to Bassidore in order to despatch letters and detain a steamer at Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas], as well as to arrange for seventy tons of coal for the gun-boat Clyde. Pelly also instructs that the officer sh...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo], to the Officer Commanding HMS Clyde
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Letter requesting the officer to proceed with his ship to Bassidore, and if Pelly is not there to proceed to Khen [Kish] Island watching out for native craft en-route.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, off Charrack [Bandar-e-Charack], to Henry Christopher Manse
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Brief letter reporting that Berenice burnt at sea 31 October [1866] and requesting the enclosed telegram be sent to Bombay with a copy for Bushire. Enclosure: Telegram to the Secretary to Government, 5 November 1866, reporting that Berenice burnt at sea about twenty-five miles east of Shaik Sh...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, off Charrack [Bandar-e-Charack], to the Officer Commanding British India Steam Navigation Company Mail Steamer passing up the Gulf
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Brief note requesting that the mail steamer call at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]