Letter from Lewis Pelly, Proule, Rouen, Normandy to Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)
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Letter regarding his having read in the print that the mission to Afghanistan has been given to Sir Neville Chamberlain and again asking to be considered for any suitable positions that may arise.
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Athanaeum Club, Pall Mall, London to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)
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Draft of a letter regarding his desire to return to employment once his leave ends in December 1878. The letter contains a number of corrections, amendments and sentences that have been crossed through.
Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton), Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a letter to Pelly which Lord Lytton had omitted to send several months earlier in relation to Pelly's book and secret correspondence acquired by the British which proved that Nur Mohamed Shah was in the pay of the Ameer [Amir] and the Maharajah of Kashmir, who wanted to prevent ...
Letter from Alfred Charles Lyall to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding lists of crockery, furniture and other items which Pelly had been using at the Rajputana Residency and outlining which items Lyall intends to purchase from Pelly. Enclosed with the letter are two copies of the lists, the first list (folios 15-26) has been divided up into secti...
Letter from Lord Salisbury, Foreign Office to Lewis Pelly
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Letter accepting Pelly's offer to see the correspondence and informing Pelly that he had been in attendance during the Duke's speech but had missed the Duke's comments regarding Lord Lytton and himself.
Journal recounting a journey undertaken by Lewis Pelly in Zanzibar in 1862
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The journal entry has been written on folios 23 and 24 only and recounts Lewis Pelly's visit to the Sohailee [Swahili] Sultan and describes the donkeys and men that awaited them on their boats arrival in the creek; the members of the French consul they encountered en route; and the countryside t...