Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter requesting Pelly's opinion on and knowledge of Dr V Giacchino with whom he was acquainted in Persia and who had applied for employment with Sir Salar Jung (Mir Turab Ali Khan) in the Nizam's reformed troops.
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter introducing to Pelly Mr Jenkinson, who had been posted for duty with the West Rajpootana [Rājasthān] State Railway and who was a first cousin of Lord Northbrook (Viceroy of India).
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 29 August 1873, asking Pelly to enquire of the eleven native doctors mentioned in correspondence with Colonel John Cheape Brooke in 1872 whether they are of the impression they will receive a pension. Enclosed with the letter is a report, dated 29 September 1873, written by Pelly...
Letter from William Lee Warner, The Governor's Camp, Rookh [Rukh] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that he will communicate to him information on Reverend Joseph Higgins performance at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] from the secretarial records and regarding Charles Bean Euan Smith's desire to return to India.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a lack of a response to Pelly's letter No.1094 of 28 July 1873 regarding the Mayo College and requesting further information for the Viceroy on the progress of boarding houses, and when they hope to require staff and teachers. The letter also approves Pelly's privilege leave an...
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter detailing the complaints of the Fharhoors? against the Chief of Bickaneer (Dungar Singh), including: difficulties for local Chief's in handling complaints relation to the practices of their predecessors the current Maharaja and difficulties with him problems with the collecting and levyi...
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding his inability to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] and meet with Pelly in Jodhpore [Jodhpur] owing to the state of disquiet at that time, and regarding the difficulties being caused by the Maharaja (Dungar Singh) being on unfriendly terms with various groups and individuals which have n...
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter enclosing a note from Pundit Munphool in which he asks to be considered for the Dewanship of Kotah, and giving his (Burton's) recommendation of him as a being capable of the role and referncing an excerpt from his annual report to Colonel John Cheape Brooke 31 May 1873 in which he had rep...