Letter from William J Maitland, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's name having been added to a list of candidates (possibly for a vacancy on the Council of India) and informing him that Lord Cranbrook (Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook) will refer to Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury) when ma...
Letter from E/G? H Leeds, The Priory, North Bank, Regent's Park, London to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Brief letter thanking Pelly for having undertaken his promise and informing him that he would be writing to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) that day.
Letter from George Pomeroy Colley, London to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Brief letter thanking Pelly for his action in regard to the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)'s telegram and informing him that he had recently been in Bournemouth with Owen Tudor Burne. The letter concludes by informing Pelly that he has heard that the Council of India wish to h...
Draft telegram from Lewis Pelly, India Office to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton, Viceroy of India), Simla
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Draft telegram, written on the back of a Secretary's departmental order slip, informing Lord Lytton that he is ready to return to work at a day's notice. The telegram contains a number of crossings through and corrections, and also includes the financial calculations for the cost of sending th...
Letter from John Morley, Berkeley Lodge, West Hill, Putney, London to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter expressing his regret that he did not get to see Pelly and that he hoped to see him in town soon. A postscript to the letter informs Pelly that he (Morley) is to be a candidate for Westminster.
