Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Maharajah
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Letter regarding Pelly's good fortune in avoiding the rain during his travels from Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] to Aboo [Ābu] and Rajpootana [Rājasthān] being blessed with rain so the crops will be abundent. The letter also asks after the health of the Maharajah and enquires after his family.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to James Cavan Berkeley
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Letter enclosing a copy of a demi-official letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison on the subject of Nawab Faiz Alli Khan [Faiz Ali Khan]. The letter from Aitchison is not enclosed
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Pallee [Pāli] to Charles Shuttleworth
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Letter regarding a cart and ten camels which are being used to transport some of Pelly's kit, detailing its escort and requesting that Shuttleworth store it for him.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, in camp to Captain James Cavan Berkeley
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Letter congratulating Berkeley and his wife on the addition to their family and informing him of the movements of the camp and Grant-Duff's visit to Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and requesting that pay every attention to him during it.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Leslie Saunders
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Letter regarding the recent heavy rain in Ajmer and the condition of the roads as a consequence. The letter also discusses a request to William Arden Crommelin for payment for the Ajmer fort wall and looking into repairing the [water] tank at Happy Valley for use as a Soldier's bath.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter returning papers from the Chief of Bhaddour [Bhadār] and enclosing a letter on the subject from Captain Charles William Burton as well as giving his own thoughts on a curious case of 'the grossest social follies and religious superstition'. Neither the papers, nor the letter from Captain...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Percy William Powlett
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Letter regarding a pending question on change in the system of customs and whether it relates to salt specifically or is a more general question. The letter also asks if Powlett would be willing to act in Harrowlee [Hāraoti] should Berkeley return home as it could provide a useful sphere for h...