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191. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 192-193

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 192-193
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter informing Pelly that his request for a confidential clerk had been sanctioned.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1874
Extent:
2 folios

192. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 8-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 8-20
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter detailing the complaints of the Fharhoors? against the Chief of Bickaneer (Dungar Singh), including: difficulties for local Chief's in handling complaints relation to the practices of their predecessors the current Maharaja and difficulties with him problems with the collecting and levyi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1873
Extent:
13 folios

193. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his inability to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] and meet with Pelly in Jodhpore [Jodhpur] owing to the state of disquiet at that time, and regarding the difficulties being caused by the Maharaja (Dungar Singh) being on unfriendly terms with various groups and individuals which have n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1873
Extent:
2 folios

194. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a note from Pundit Munphool in which he asks to be considered for the Dewanship of Kotah, and giving his (Burton's) recommendation of him as a being capable of the role and referncing an excerpt from his annual report to Colonel John Cheape Brooke 31 May 1873 in which he had rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios

195. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, with copy, reporting on his meeting with the Maharaja (Dungar Singh), Lal Singh's objections to going to Jeypore [Jaipur] owing to his concerns over matters of etiquette and proposing instead to meet Colonel Pelly at Ajmere [Ajmer]. The letter goes on to discuss the advantages of convers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios

196. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 33-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 33-34
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

197. Mss Eur F126/76, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/76, f 9
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles Allan Baylay, Mount Aboo to The Revd Mr W Shoolbred, Simla
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1874
Extent:

1 folio

198. Mss Eur F126/90, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/90, f 11
Title:
Telegram from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta
Scope & Content:
Telegram sent to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India regarding conversations with the Maharaja of Scindhia (Jayajirao Sindhia) in which the Maharaja had expressed his concerns over the public scandal that the Commission would bring, and asking permission to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1875
Extent:
1 folio

199. Mss Eur F126/90, ff 8-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/90, ff 8-10
Title:
Telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
Scope & Content:
Telegram, sent through the Indian Telegraph Company, informing Pelly that although the Viceroy deeply regretted the need for a public enquiry and the scandal that would bring the attempt to poison a representative of the British Government could not be overlooked. The telegram also informs Pell...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1875
Extent:
3 folios

200. Mss Eur F126/74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/74
Title:
Letter and memorandum by George Henry Maxwell Batten, Commissioner of Inland Customs,concerning the abolition of the customs line between Rajputana [Rājasthān] and the Central Indian States.
Scope & Content:
Letter from George Henry Maxwell Batten, Commissioner of Inland Customs, regarding Lewis Pelly's desire to abolish the customs line between Rajputana [Rājasthān] and the British Territory. The letter encloses a confidential memo which Batten wrote at Lord Northbrook's request on the feasibilit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1873-09 Jan 1874
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)