Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding difficulties with the Mayo College and a conflict over the proposed arrangements with the Military Department rules regarding salary for the College Principal. The letter also discusses Captain Ashton Mills Brandreth of the Civil Engineers who has been recommended for the appo...
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter requesting Pelly's opinion on and knowledge of Dr V Giacchino with whom he was acquainted in Persia and who had applied for employment with Sir Salar Jung (Mir Turab Ali Khan) in the Nizam's reformed troops.
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter introducing to Pelly Mr Jenkinson, who had been posted for duty with the West Rajpootana [Rājasthān] State Railway and who was a first cousin of Lord Northbrook (Viceroy of India).
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 29 August 1873, asking Pelly to enquire of the eleven native doctors mentioned in correspondence with Colonel John Cheape Brooke in 1872 whether they are of the impression they will receive a pension. Enclosed with the letter is a report, dated 29 September 1873, written by Pelly...
Letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly to Captain Philip Durham Henderson, Under Secretary, Foreign Department, Government of India
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Letter enclosing a letter from Major William Howell Beynon on the Kishengurh [Kishangarh] Peshcush (an offering or tribute). Letter from William Howell Beynon, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent Governor General, 10 October 1873, regarding the amount of His Highness (of Kishangarh...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 13 October 1873, informing Pelly that Colonel Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson must remain at his post, that there was no objection to the Maharana's excursion but that the Viceroy would not visit him as he had been offered the opportunity of seeing the Viceroy at Agra, which he ha...
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Chief's will be permitted to leave Agra as soon as the Durbar is over and that he should hint to them that the earlier they depart the better.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a proposal by General John Dobrée Woollcombe for a siege train at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād], and giving the Viceroy's opinion that the likelihood of siege guns being required in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] was scarce and that should such a situation occur they could be acquired from el...
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Agra to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a proposal by General John Dobrée Woollcombe for a siege train at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād], and giving the Viceroy's opinion that the likelihood of siege guns being required in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] was scarce and that should such a situation occur they could be acquired from el...
