Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter
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Letter accepting an invitation from Walter to visit Jodhpore [Jodhpur] and see the ceremonials and arranging his travel and itinerary for the visit. The letter also approves arranging an elephant ceremony in place of a carriage ceremony if the Maharajah would prefer it and thanking Walter and ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp outside Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter enclosing a memorandum of his public service which the Baronetage and Knightage and Sir Bartle had both previously requested and explaining its incompleteness owing to loss of his papers in travels and accidents. The letter goes on to recount his current travels including his camp's arri...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp near Sambhur [Sāmbhar] Lake to Sir Henry Montgomery
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Letter in response to Sir Montgomery's requesting Pelly's assistance in securing a position in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] for Captain Arthur Conolly. Pelly's response is that there are others currently acting as Commandants of Seconds within the province who Government would not pass over for promo...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Lord Northbrook [Thomas George Baring]
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Letter thanking his Lordship for approving Pelly's request to take leave owing to his deteriorating eyesight which he needs to take precautions for, and discussing the causes of and possible solutions to it. The letter continues by discussing Pelly's satisfaction with arrangements within the R...
Letter No. 69 of 1874 from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajputana [Rājasthān], Camp Doodoo [Dūdu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary, Government of India
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Letter regarding an enclosed letter from Colonel William Howell Beynon regarding suggestions made by the Maharaja of Jeypore [Jaipur] (Sawai Ram Singh II) for co-operative securing of borders and handling of border criminals with neighbouring states, which has Pelly's approval, and which he beli...
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter requesting that Pelly forward a letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison on to him as the previous copy did not reach the Foreign Office and his name did not appear on the gradation list.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Agent to Governor General for Rajpootana, Camp Chandawul to The Secretary to Government, Foreign Department, Calcutta
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Letter regarding an examination of classes at native schools in Beawur, to assess the progress being made in education, by Lewis Pelly at the request of Reverend Mr Shoolbred. The letter provides details of the schools, including the numbers of scholars attending them, as well as information on...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel Goodfellow, Political Agent, Bhooj [Bhūj]
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Letter enclosing an extract of a letter from the Maharajah of Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur] regarding his unwillingness to part with his minister (extract no longer enclosed).