Letter from John Jacob, Ghouspoor [Ghouspur] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Jacob's correspondence with Lord Clarendon, a recent incident with Mr Murray and an article of Jacob's which appeared in the Leader December 1857. The letter goes on to discuss Jacob's decision to send Lieutenant George William Macauley to Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and their recen...
Letter from William Merewether, York Terrace, London to Lewis Pelly
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Letter enquiring if Merewether received copies of the letters John Jacob sent to Pelly and informing him that he had copies of all his letters from Jacob made and forwarded on to Pelly too. Also discussed are a missed opportunity to meet and discuss affairs and his travel plans for the forthco...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Coleshill, Warwickshire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter enquiring whether Pelly has been before the Commission on the reorganisation of the Indian Army which Merewether had been called to appear before and enquiring, if Pelly has been, as to the nature of the examination of the Commission. The letter also discusses Bartle Frere's proceedings...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Coleshill, Warwickshire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding an article written by Pelly for the Daily News; Merewether's forthcoming appearance before the Committee (Commission on the re-organisation of the Indian Army) and his concerns about the knowledge and understanding of the individuals appointed to it.
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Coleshill, Warwickshire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter requesting Pelly return a report on proceedings in Hindustan which Merewether had written for John Jacob, along with some accompanying correspondence relating to it from Jacob and Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere. The letter also informs Pelly of the birth of his son (Edward Marsh Merewethe...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Coleshill, Warwickshire to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's determination to return to India; copies of some papers undertaken by Smith, Elder & Co which Merewether requested to show Eastwick but which aren't quite the right papers; Pelly's statement in the Daily News regarding Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere; and the possibili...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Jacobabad to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the situation in Cabul [Kabul], Kandahar and Herat, including Russian involvement in the area and asking for any news or information from Pelly in Teheran [Tehran] on the Persian view of the situation as well as discussing the British position in Persia, particularly with regard...
Letter from Malcolm Green, Camp Moostunes [Mustung?] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter enquring whether or not Pelly has returned to Tehran; discussing matters with the Shah and details of the route Pelly might be taking through India and Afghanistan.