Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Charles Henry McGill
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Letter regarding Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s intentions towards Muskat [Muscat]; the arrival of the acting agent there and Pelly's request to Government for an English officer to fill the position.
Letter regarding shares that Pelly purchased several years ago in the British India Steam Navigation Company and which he would like Dawes to dispose of on his behalf.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore, to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Letter, marked private, regarding the ongoing difficulties with the Persian authorities and Mr Charles Ailson's tendency to concede to them in order to avoid conflict which has been causing Pelly complications in Bushire.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Letter regarding the annoyances that the Persian authorities are causing to commerce in the Gulf and the difficulties caused by the India Office ruling that the Resident should ony communicate with a Persian Foreign Agent as there is not currently one in the Gulf area and that hinders Pelly's ab...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Charles Alison
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Letter regarding the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] affair and an incident at sea off the arab coast which has reportedly cost 70 craft and the lives of some thousand men. The letter also reports on the force being sent by the Government of India to blockade Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Gerald Fitzgerald
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Letter regarding events in Muscat over the previous three years, the current situation with regards to Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said] and his potential plans to retake Muscat and the Sultanate as well as reporting on the various factions there and the fall in trade owing to the steamers not callin...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
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Letter thanking them for their careful arrangement of his affairs with the Bank of Bombay and acknowledging their decision not to sell his shares in the Colaba and Elphinstone Land Reclamation Companies. The letter also acknowledges the new balance of his account with them and informs them tha...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Messrs Remington and Company
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Letter authorising Messrs Remington to withdraw Pelly's balance from the old bank of bombay and use it to pay for his shares in the new bank; and to collect on various interests and safety deposit receipts and to sell some of his shares in order to purchase the new shares. The letter also incl...
Letter requesting that 2000 rupees be sent to Messrs Remington in order to be forwarded on to him; Pelly's recent bout of fever and his forthcoming travel to Muscat.