Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter explaining his intentions in submitting General John Dobrée Woollcombe's letter requesting siege guns for Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] in order to handle a situation at Futtehgurh [Fatehgarh] and that garrison artillery would not be required as well as outlining the possible scenarios where th...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Governor General's Camp, Lucknow to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Captain Henry Byam Abbott being gazetted as Assistant Political Agent Third Class; Aitchison looking into whether or not there is a further vacancy; and Lord Northbrook's desire to appoint a civilian to replace Captain Victor Edward Law. A postscript to the letter informs Pelly...
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
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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,...
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Herbert Mills Repton
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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.
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Leslie Seymour Saunders
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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...
Letter from Captain Donald Robertson, Beawar to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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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...
Report on the medical care of the Maharaja Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
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Report, mostly likely written by Doctor James William Moore, Doctor to the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency regarding the death of Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur, who died on 13 February 1873, and describing his last weeks including treatments given to him by himself, as well as those given by...
Note from Lewis Pelly, Agra to the Government of India
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Note regarding the return of letter No.115 Political of 10 September 1873, from the India Office to the Government of India, which had been transmitted to Pelly with letter No.2621P of 30 October 1873 for information.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to James Cavan Berkeley
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Letter requesting a concise but fill report on the Neembhara [Nīmbāhera] plunderers and asking for his suggestions on resolution of the matter for Government.