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721. Mss Eur F126/85, ff 1B-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/85, ff 1B-3
Title:
Letter No 114 A.P. from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, The Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [Calcutta] to Lewis Pelly, the Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the submission of information from the Commissioner of the Bombay Police in regard to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, late Resident at Baroda, along with Frank Henry Souter's report, the opinion of the Advocate General at Bombay and Pelly's own opinions on the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1875
Extent:
3 folios

722. Mss Eur F126/85, ff 6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/85, ff 6-7
Title:
Letter No 150 A.P. from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [Calcutta] to Lewis Pelly, The Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner Baroda
Scope & Content:
Letter forwarding a copy of the statement of offences against His Highness Mulhar Rao [Malharrao] Guikwar [Gaekwad] which will be investigated by a special commission and requesting that Pelly send a copy of the depositions and charges to His Highness along with a copy of the statement made by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1875
Extent:
2 folios

723. Mss Eur F126/85, ff 33-46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/85, ff 33-46
Title:
Letter No.121/869 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda state to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Simla
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a statement, with explanatory remarks, showing the sum reported as being available in the central treasury of Baroda when Pelly commenced his position there; the sums of money unreported in the accounts but found in the palace, the state bank and other locations; and the revenue...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1875
Extent:
14 folios

724. Mss Eur F126/86, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 9
Title:
Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting a table and chair for 'the Nana' and informing Jeffreys that the prisoners are doing well.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio

725. Mss Eur F126/86, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 10
Title:
Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the sale of Arsenic in the Bazaae, and regarding the withdrawal of licences for the sale of poison from four of the five vendors, leaving only Shamsoodin with permission to sell it. The letter goes on to discuss the seizure of poisons from those vendors no longer permitted to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio

726. Mss Eur F126/86, f 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 29
Title:
Note from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys
Scope & Content:
Note requesting that Sir Lewis Pelly be shown a draft of a report on the condition of the prisoners and stating his opinion that exercise be made obligatory for them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio

727. Mss Eur F126/86, f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 35
Title:
Letter from Andrew Richard Scoble, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter regarding the dangers of using witnesses who have been 'exposed to temptation' by friends of the Gaekwar (His Highness Malharrao), and that as such witnesses are not required to prove the case asking Pelly's permission to only call those witnesses necessary as proof in support of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio

728. Mss Eur F126/86, f 39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, f 39
Title:
Letter from James Bellett Richey to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the list of all individuals in custody or under police surveillance and explaining the delays and difficulties in compiling the information requested by Pelly. The letter also discusses an old legacy theft case from the Gaekwar (Malharrao) which related to the suspicion that t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1875
Extent:
1 folio

729. Mss Eur F126/86, ff 1-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, ff 1-7
Title:
Witnesses and List of persons in Custody and police Surveillance
Scope & Content:
Statements giving lists of names of individuals in custody or under police surveillance. The statements give the name of the individual, the date of their arrest or surveillance, and either the name of the person whose custody they are in or the police force responsible for the surveillance. 'St...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1875
Extent:
7 folios

730. Mss Eur F126/86, ff 33-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/86, ff 33-34
Title:
Cypher Telegram from the Viceroy, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
Scope & Content:
Telegram written in cypher, with decoded copy, from Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India to Lewis Pelly instructing him that every possible precaution should be taken to prevent any witness tampering and that more police support was being sent from Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1875
Extent:
2 folios