Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to George Andrew Atkinson
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Letter regarding Atkinson being unable to attend the christmas party; Pelly's anticipated trip to the south of the Gulf next month; Dr I Williams; and the arrival of winter which has brought snow on the hills.
Handwritten list by Lewis Pelly of letters sent by steamer
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List of all the letters sent by steamer on 5 January 1868 giving the name and address of each recipient and a brief summary of the content. Recipients included Miss Anna Eudocia Pelly, Messrs Remington & Co, Narayn Wassadeojoee, William Lockyer Merewether and Sir Bartle Frere. The list inc...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muscat to 'My dear Sir R'
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List regarding the rumours that the Political Appointments are to be changed, and should this be the case asking that his name be placed before the Viceroy in consideration of any suitable position and outlining his twenty-seven year career with the India Office. The letter also mentions Lord S...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
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Letter asking if one of the steamers from the Abyssinia expedition could be sent for use in the Gulf as May Frere is unsuited to the work in the Gulf and suggesting that should a steamer be available it could bring barrack material and tanks for use at Bassidore and elsewhere. The letter also ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Charles Alison
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Letter regarding the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] affair and an incident at sea off the arab coast which has reportedly cost 70 craft and the lives of some thousand men. The letter also reports on the force being sent by the Government of India to blockade Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay
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Letter regarding the amicable settlement of affairs at Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] by the Shah; Pelly's intention to travel to Shiraz (to meet with the Governor-General there) and the Persian Government having finally promised to allow the british [and others] to purchase property in Persia. T...
Letter regarding the possibility of moving the residency to Arab soil in order to escape the machinations of Persia and explaning procedures for the copying of letters and circulation of relevant information to the british agents in the Gulf and regarding instructions for all telegrams to be sen...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Kouri Yuman en route to Bushire, to Messrs Remington
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Brief note regarding their crediting the interest in his ten shares in the Colabo Land Reclamation Company and his having instructed Mr Edwards to send the remittence of his July pay to them which he hopes they have received.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington
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Brief note regarding 2,000 rupees from the Government treasury to be credited to Pelly's account; the realisation of his seventy-two shares in the New Bank of Bombay and his ten shares in the Elphinstone Land Company. Below the note is a brief list of letters and notes to be written, the recipi...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Kurrachie [Karachi] en route to Bushire, to 'My dear Sir'
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Letter, possibly to William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay, regarding an appointment in Bagdad which Pelly is unable to accept owing to the current state of affairs with Persia, Arabia, East Africa and Afghanistan. The letter goes on to discuss the new Political Arrangement...
