Letter from Henry Sharman, Camp Sambhur [Sambhar] to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Mrs Lyall's expected arrival at Aboo [Abu] and requesting Pelly's orders with regard to the belongings that he has had sealed and left at the Residency. The letter also informs Pelly of the actions which Sharman intends to take in order to protect the belongings until he hears ...
Correspondence and other Papers concerning the Duke of Argyll's Attack on Lewis Pelly in the House of Lords
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Correspondence between Lewis Pelly, Lord Elcho (Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss), Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury), the Duke of Argyll (George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll) and Sir Colin Campbell over a speech given by the Duk...
Note enclosing copies of Lord Elcho's correspondence with the Duke of Argyll and his thoughts on the section of a book which the Duke had referred to. Letter from the Duke of Argyll, Argyll Lodge, Kensington to Lord Elcho, dated 21 May 1879 regarding a notice in the Pall Mall which the Duke assu...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens to Lord Elcho
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Letter, marked copy, thanking Lord Elcho for bringing the Duke of Argyll's attack to his attention and regarding the private apology the Lord had received on Pelly's behalf. The letter also references the book which Pelly had seen but had deemed inappropriate to comment on given his official pos...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens to Lord Salisbury
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Letter regarding the Duke of Argyll's attack on Pelly; and his offer of a private apology and offering to show his Lordship the correspondence between Lord Elcho and the Duke of Argyll.
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.
Letter from Lord Salisbury, 20 Arlington Street, to Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that had he realised accusations had been made against Pelly he would have 'obtained the Duke's disavowal in the house', and commenting that the reason that no one has answered the statements made in the Duke's book is that no one has read it. He also returns the papers Pe...