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331. Mss Eur F126/2, ff 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/2, ff 39-40
Title:
William Edward Frere, Mauritius to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly having been sent to Zanzibar with Sir Bartle Frere and enquiring whether the Sultan [Barghash bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] has changed much since they last saw him in Bombay. The letter also discusses Frere's work in Mauritius and the possibility of meeting Pelly in England.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1873
Extent:

2 folios

332. Mss Eur F126/2, ff 52-53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/2, ff 52-53
Title:
Lady Catherine Frere to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a two volume work that her husband has just published about his uncle John Hookham Frere. The letter also discusses the state of health of the Prince of Wales and gives news of her children.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874
Extent:

2 folios

333. Mss Eur F126/2, ff 58-59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/2, ff 58-59
Title:
Catherine Frere to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an article in the Daily News on the Indian Army in Sind and the make-up of its regiments. The letter also discusses Sir John Lawrence as the 'saviour of India' and news of her daughters.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859?
Extent:

2 folios

334. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 4-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 4-7
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter providing Pelly with information about Rajpootana [Rajasthan] including how British relations with the local Chiefs operate there; the limits of British intereference in the area, and when it should be applied. The letter goes on to discuss Nawab Faiz Ali's resignation as Minister in Jey...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1873
Extent:
4 folios

335. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 14-21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 14-21
Title:
Letter from Beatrice Lyall Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a lack of correspondence from Pelly and a box of gifts he had sent to them. The letter goes on to give news of their daughters Edith, Winnie and Grace; the recent weather; the latest parties, dinners and theatricals; and individuals who are departing for new posts, going home o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1873
Extent:
8 folios

336. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 28-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 28-31
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, marked private, regarding an ongoing situation between Pelly and the Home Government, relating to the slave trade, and citing a letter from Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere to Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring) on the matter. The letter goes on to express Aitchison's hopes that Willia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1873
Extent:
4 folios

337. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 59-60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 59-60
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the Aitchison's departing for Scotland that evening and providing Pelly with their address whilst there; a meeting with Sir Bartle Frere; and the fact he will have to go back to the India Office on his return from Scotland as there is much work to be done.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1874
Extent:
2 folios

338. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter from Beatrice Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, addressed to Tullum Pelly, thanking him for taking the time to read a letter from her husband; inviting Pelly to come and see them whenever he is able and suggesting that he might like to come and see the opening of the Tay Bridge, as the weather is too unpleasant to ask him to come righ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
2 folios

339. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 75-76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 75-76
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his having found things different once he arrived in India, his having unexpectedly found himself directed to Simla and re-established in the Foreign Office, and his meeting with the Viceroy and the explanation behind why he had been offered the appointment in Assam.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1877
Extent:
2 folios

340. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 15-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 15-20
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Campore [Kanpur], India, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding His Excellency the Viceroy (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)'s letter on the German alliance and giving Burne's thoughts and opinions in general on him, including that he attempts to keep up too much correspondence and depends on other people's opinions of him. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1877
Extent:
6 folios