Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Heathercliff, Bournemouth to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the declining health of his wife Evelyne and his reluctance to travel whilst she is unwell. The letter also discusses his desire to retire from active public life.
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, written on black edged mourning paper, regarding the resurfacing of the Cabul question following the arrival in Cabul [Kabul] of an envoy from the Czar of Russia, despite the Emperor having stated several days earlier that he had not given the authority for any such action. The letter g...
Letter from Alfred Cotton Way, Muscat to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the home (British) government's rules on furniture and his wife's recent concerns over their son Alfred who had been suffering from gastric fever (Typhoid).
Letter from Lord Northbrook, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that his recent address at Ajmer had been very good as had his response to the Taloohdass in regards to their revenue settlement, which he had resolved. The letter goes on to inform Pelly that the cost of residences for masters at Mayo College should be taken from the Gov...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Je Reviendrai, to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding correspondence with both Aitchison and Captain Evelyn Baring (on behalf of His Lordship the Viceroy of India) in regard to Pelly's desire to return to India, and his willingness to do so before his furlough expires should he be required. The letter goes on to discuss recipients...
Letter from G W Dickson, Constantinople to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked confidential, regarding his having attempted to trace the whereabouts of some photographs belonging to Pelly and his discovery that they had already been sent to him. The letter goes on to discuss George Goschen (1st Viscount Goschen)'s work in Constantinople; Dickson's views on ...
Letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for the States of Rajpootana [Rājasthān], Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Messrs Milroy and Son, 32 Leadenhall Street, E.C., London
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Letter ordering harnesses, saddles, whips, clothing, combs and brushes for four horses and providing instructions on their overland posting to him.
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department
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Letter informing the Foreign Secretary (Charles Umpherston Aitchison) that he had already submitted his remarks on relations between Bahrain and Guttur [Qatar] and that further suggestions from him on the subject were unnecessary.