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861. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 70v, 85

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 70v, 85
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Alfred Cotton Way
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the agent Abdool Rahman's statements before officers onboard the ship Penguin with regards to Muscat and his support of Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s intentions to attack it. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's journey to Shiraz; whether Way would prefer to go to Bushire or...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:

2 folios

862. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 71-72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 71-72
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Shiraz to [Messrs Remington and Company]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's ten shares in the Colaba Land Reclamation company, which is now the Elphinstone Land Reclamation Company and whether they have signed new articles of association on his behalf in relation to these shares
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1867
Extent:

2 folios

863. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 73-76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 73-76
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the thirty six shares they have purchased on Pelly's behalf in the New Bank of Bombay, the money paid into the bank by Narayn Wussadeojee as a deposit for the new shares and enclosing a note for 4,000 rupees to cover the full cost of the shares. The letter also refers to enclo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1867
Extent:

2 folios

864. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 77-80

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 77-80
Title:
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to an undisclosed recipient
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a prospectus which has been issued by the New Bank of Bombay and which lists shareholders eligible to purchase shares in the New Bank under the headings 'Europe, Persons resident up country, Residents in Bombay' and Pelly's objections that he has a right to buy shares as a share...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1867
Extent:

2 folios

865. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 81-82

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 81-82
Title:
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the number of shares that Pelly is entitled to in the New Bank of Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:

2 folios

866. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 83-84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 83-84
Title:
Part of a letter written by Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Folios three and four of a letter written by Lewis Pelly discussing Persian affairs, in particular attempts at making a complaint against the Bushire Foreign Moonshee and the difficult working conditions in Bushire before requesting that the recipient of the letter raise the issue with Lord Stan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:

2 folios

867. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 85-86

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 85-86
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, on board May Frere, to Charles Alison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a demand by the Persian Foreign Office that any individual who wishes to work as a servant at the Residency must have a certificate of good character signed by a competent authority and requesting that the Minister provide examples of instances where Residency servants have not ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1867
Extent:

2 folios

868. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 86v-87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 86v-87
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said] and his intentions towards Muscat. The letter also discusses the Political Agent at Muscat, Lieutenant George Andrew Atkinson, who Pelly describes as being 'inclined to excitement' and who has on several occassions, which are described in the letter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1867
Extent:

2 folios

869. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 88-89

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 88-89
Title:
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, to Charles Alison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the recent decision of the Persian Foreign Office that all individuals of an 'exceptional character' must have a character reference signed by a competent authority before they can work for the Residency and the objectionable conduct of the Foreign Office Moonshee [Munshi] in Bu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1867
Extent:

2 folios

870. Mss Eur F126/43, ff 89v-90v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/43, ff 89v-90v
Title:
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat, to Charles Alison
Scope & Content:
Letter containing further reports on the 'squabbles' between the Moonshee's [Munshi's] and the Persian Foreign Office and of Pelly's ongoing difficulties with the Persian authorities and the Persian Foreign Agent in Tehran.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Nov 1867
Extent:

2 folios