Letter from Colonel William Earle, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that Lord Northbrook would not be taking any action regarding the Meywar [Mewār] Bheel Corps until Major John Campbell Gunning's report had been submitted. Also discussed is a letter received from Major Gunning regarding his appointment, and further correspondence with Ma...
Letter from William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Major Charles George Gunning's appointment as Commandant of the Meywar [Mewār] Corps and outlining his credentials and references. The letter goes on to request a report on the state of the Meywar Corps for Lord Northbrook. The letter contains a note from Pelly recording that ...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 13 October 1873, informing Pelly that Colonel Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson must remain at his post, that there was no objection to the Maharana's excursion but that the Viceroy would not visit him as he had been offered the opportunity of seeing the Viceroy at Agra, which he ha...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a proposal by General John Dobrée Woollcombe for a siege train at Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād], and giving the Viceroy's opinion that the likelihood of siege guns being required in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] was scarce and that should such a situation occur they could be acquired from el...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Gorton Castle, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's arrival in India, and a previous letter he had sent to Muscat which he assumes Pelly did not receive. The letter goes on to discuss his expectation that Pelly will come to Simla with Sir Bartle Frere and stay with Aitchison as well as visiting Government House.
Letter from Colonel Craven Hildesley Dickens, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the difficulty in finding a good builder for the Ajmere [Ajmer] College and proposing that Major Wells could undertake the works with the help of a good assistant engineer.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Camp Lucknow to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that the military custom is to give an officer the salute to which he is entitled irrespective of whether an officer of higher rank is present.
Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway, Foreign Office, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter enclosing copies of correspondence between Charles Umpherston Aitchison and the Maharaja of Puttiala [Patiala] (Mohindar Singh) in relation to the Maharaja's interference in Dholepore [Dholpur] affairs. Enclosures: Letter from Mohindar Singh, Maharaja of Puttiala to Charles Umpherston Ai...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Office, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 03 January 1874 outlining the guidance from Government on the armies of native states, including what principals they should adhere to and how their size should be determined, and requesting that Pelly use these guidelines to determine whether the recent applications for arms made ...