Two original draft scenes from the play which do not feature in the final published version. The scenes are numbers two and four from the list (ff. 1-4).
Telegram from the Private Secretary to the Governor General, Camp Umurpatra to Captain Lewis Pelly, Calcutta
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Telegram informing Pelly that the Governor General (Charles John Canning, Earl Canning) expected to be in Calcutta from 18 February and requesting that Pelly remain there until he arrived.
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre
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Demi-official letter in which Merewether expresses his vexation at the course that Colonel Phayre has chosen to adopt and stating that he had patiently dealt with the Colonel's objections and mistaken views in the hope that he would eventually realise the errors he was making but that his latest...
Memorandum written by Lewis Pelly whilst in Calcutta
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Memorandum recomming a suitable rifle with ammunition to be sent to Mahomed Ameer [Amir] Khan, Governor of Candahar [Kandahar] in acknowldgement of his friendly reception and hospitality towards Captain Lewis Pelly during his visit there. The memorandum also recommends that a similar rifle be s...
Letter from Pelly regarding an examination he undertook of the country near Shiraz
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The letter gives details of the geographical layout of the area and the climate and refers to letter No.40 sent to the Secret Department 26 February 1863. An enclosed letter by Mr Thomson is also referred to but is no longer with this letter.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Colonel Herbert Disbrowe
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Draft of a letter regarding an article in Colonel Herbert Disbrowe's overland summary journal which states that the attacks made on Lewis Pelly at Muscat had personal motives, and Pelly's desire to acknowledge this fact publicly given that it is being published in the press.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Colonel Herbert Disbrowe
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Draft of a letter regarding Lewis Pelly and Herbert Disbrowe's views on the policy towards Muscat which coincide; regarding the various vessels which are departing from and arriving at the Gulf and the possibility of Disbrowe visiting Pelly at Bushire.