Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Narayn Vasedes
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Letter regarding Pelly's health, particularly his eyes and his fear that he may need a year away from tropical climates in order to rest them. The letter also discusses the recent rains and winds which Pelly is fed up with.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Narayn Vasedes
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Letter concerning two cases containing cars taken from a bust of Pelly which are en route to Bombay and informing Vasedes that he has instructed the delivery company to send them to him and asking that he accept one as a gift, look after the other which is in the larger case, and send the smalle...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Karsondas Madharadas
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Letter regarding notification of the death of Narayn Vasedes and the concerns that Pelly had expressed on last seeing him regarding the proportions and weight of his house. The letter also expresses Pelly's condolences to Narayn's wife and sons and regarding letters sent to Narayn on the day o...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Karsondas Madharadas
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Letter regarding an urgent payment that needs to be made to the court of chancery in the United Kingdom and that Pelly has instructed another person to take care of it as he did not want to intrude on Narayn Vasedes family at this time.
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Colonel John Allen Wright
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Note enclosing a telegram from Calcutta regarding the illness of the Maharana [Shambhu Singh] of Oodeypore [Udaipur] and instructing him to remain at the palace as much as possible and describing the protocol for the last hours of a Chief's life: Copy of a telegram from the Foreign Secretary to ...
Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter explaining his intentions in submitting General John Dobrée Woollcombe's letter requesting siege guns for Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] in order to handle a situation at Futtehgurh [Fatehgarh] and that garrison artillery would not be required as well as outlining the possible scenarios where th...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Governor General's Camp, Lucknow to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Captain Henry Byam Abbott being gazetted as Assistant Political Agent Third Class; Aitchison looking into whether or not there is a further vacancy; and Lord Northbrook's desire to appoint a civilian to replace Captain Victor Edward Law. A postscript to the letter informs Pelly...