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1. Mss Eur F126/73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73
Title:
Beeawur [Beāwar] Agency - D.O. Letters from Mr Robertson
Scope & Content:
Demi-official letters from Captain Donald Robertson, Political Agent at Beawur [Beāwar], to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Leslie Seymour Saunders (Commissioner at Ajmer), and Herbert Mills Repton (Deputy Commissioner of Ajmer Mewara [Mewra]). The correspondence discusses arrangements for translating an ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1873-11 Feb 1874
Extent:

1 file, 5 items (15 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73, ff 4-5
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing an English translation of an address and a copy of Pelly's reply, as well as informing him that they have been sent for insertion into the Rajputana Gazette and that the original address would be published in Urdu. The enclosures referred to are no longer with the letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1873
Extent:
2 folios

3. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 30 June 1873 regarding the Mayo College File, which had taken some time to put together for Saunders and discussing what he had and hadn't included in it. The file and précis which are referred to in the letter are no longer enclosed. A postscript to the letter, dated 1 July 1873,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1873
Extent:
2 folios

4. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73, ff 6-7
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Herbert Mills Repton
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a recent trip to Tadgarh and his success in getting both sides to sign an agreement to avoid further fighting. The letter goes on to give details of the settlement and the difficulties he encountered on his return journey.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1873
Extent:
2 folios

5. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 8-11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73, ff 8-11
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his having sent a full account of his doings to Herbert Mills Repton, the difficulties he had encountered in meeting a local ruler, including rudeness and false messages regarding ill health. The letter goes on to discuss reports submitted in vernacular, Urdu and English; the b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1873
Extent:
4 folios

6. Mss Eur F126/73, ff 12-13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/73, ff 12-13
Title:
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that he may have trouble getting through the Diwer Pass to Dasswii and suggesting he use the direct route to Udepur [Udaipur] instead, as well as informing him that the roads were being prepared for his carriage and describing the landmarks he would be able to see on the d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1874
Extent:
2 folios