Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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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.
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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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.
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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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.
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Camp Seehur to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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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...
Beeawur [Beāwar] Agency - D.O. Letters from Mr Robertson
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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 ...
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
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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,...
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter enclosing an English translation of an address and a copy of Pelly's reply, as well as informing him that they have been sent for insertion into the Rajputana Gazette and that the original address would be published in Urdu. The enclosures referred to are no longer with the letter.
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Herbert Mills Repton
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Letter regarding a recent trip to Tadgarh and his success in getting both sides to sign an agreement to avoid further fighting. The letter goes on to give details of the settlement and the difficulties he encountered on his return journey.
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
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Letter regarding his having sent a full account of his doings to Herbert Mills Repton, the difficulties he had encountered in meeting a local ruler, including rudeness and false messages regarding ill health. The letter goes on to discuss reports submitted in vernacular, Urdu and English; the b...
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that he may have trouble getting through the Diwer Pass to Dasswii and suggesting he use the direct route to Udepur [Udaipur] instead, as well as informing him that the roads were being prepared for his carriage and describing the landmarks he would be able to see on the d...
