Official correspondence between Pelly and others concerning the preparation of an elementary Manual of Agriculture to be used in schools in Ajmer District.
Letter from Captain Charles Allan Baylay, Mount Aboo to The Revd Mr W Shoolbred, Simla
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Letter from Captain Baylay requesting, on behalf of Sir Lewis Pelly, the Reverend's opinion on a copy of a letter from the Commissioner, Ajmere regarding the preparation of a Manual of Agriculture for Ajmere District. The copy of the letter (No. 2432 of 1874) is not enclosed, however the origin...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Agent to Governor General for Rajpootana, Camp Chandawul to The Secretary to Government, Foreign Department, Calcutta
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Letter regarding an examination of classes at native schools in Beawur, to assess the progress being made in education, by Lewis Pelly at the request of Reverend Mr Shoolbred. The letter provides details of the schools, including the numbers of scholars attending them, as well as information on...
Letter from Leslie Saunders, The Commissioner, Ajmere to The Chief Commissioner, Ajmere
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Letter No. 2432 of 1874, 3 August 1874 enclosing Letter No. 1182, 8 April 1874 regarding the publication of a Manual of Agriculture for the district. The letter relates to the suggestion of a monetary prize for the writing of the manual in Hindee with the prize being offered by a committee. The ...
Letter from Captain Charles Baylay to Colonel William Howell Beynon
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Brief letter from Captain Baylay requesting Mr Shoolbred's address at Simla and including response from Colonel Beynon, of the same date, informing him that "The Revd Mr Shoolbred Simla" would suffice.
Petition, memorandums and written accounts relating to affairs in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] from 1873-1876. Issues covered by the papers include the question of payment of expenses to employees of the Mount Abu Residency; an account of the last few weeks of the life of Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of...
Letter from the Horse Keeper, Driver and Sawar at Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān], Mount Aboo
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Petition from four employees of the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Agency, including a Horse Keeper, Driver and Sawar regarding their lack of expenses in order to purchase food and their unwillingness to go to Deesa [Dīsa] as instructed until they have been able to obtain some.
List of Chiefs within the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Agency
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Printed list of all the Chiefs within the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Agency. The list is taken from volume III of an unknown publication. The verso of the folio has a pencil note stating that the list has been sent to Pelly with Thornton's (Thomas Henry Thornton?) compliments and that the Chiefs ar...
Letter from Pandut Rain Kurrum [Pandita Ramarna], Tonk to Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter enclosing a sample described as antiquarian writing in Pallee words, and a testimonial granted to him by Captain J F W Muir, Political Agent Harotee [Hāraoti] and Tonk. The sample appears to contain an image of a sketch map of roads and hillocks. The letter goes on to express his willing...
Memorandum by Herbert Mills Repton on the Dhai dinka Jhompree or Jain Temple at Ajmere [Ajmer]
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Memorandum regarding the Dhai dinka Jhompree, more commonly known as the Jain Temple at Ajmere [Ajmer], including General Alexander Cunningham's assertions in relation to the history of its construction as given in his archaeological report of 1864-1865, and the likelihood that the Jain's would ...
