Letter from [Bruce?] Deare, Mahableshwur [Mahābaleshwar] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's safe arrival in Simla, asking if he has made the acquaintance of William Hanson Chippendale who commands his regiment and asking him to present his Salaam's to Sir Henry Norman, should Pelly see him.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison to Lewis Pelly, with response
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Letter from Aitchison regarding the agreed facts in a legal case in Ajmere [Ajmer] and asking for Pelly's thoughts on which course they should pursue (the letter refers to an enclosed letter about the case which is no longer there). Pelly's response to Aitchison's query is given below the origi...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the differences between Rajputana [Rājasthān] affairs and Persian Gulf affairs; Aitchison's impressions of the Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] Chief; mail robberies in Jeypore [Jaipur]; the success of the Durbar in Ajmere [Ajmer]; news of happenings in the Gulf; trouble with the Turks at ...
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 Captain Charles Baylay to Colonel William Howell Beynon
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Brief letter from Captain Baylay requesting Mr Shoolbred's address at Simla and including response from Colonel Beynon, of the same date, informing him that "The Revd Mr Shoolbred Simla" would suffice.
List of Chiefs within the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Agency
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Printed list of all the Chiefs within the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Agency. The list is taken from volume III of an unknown publication. The verso of the folio has a pencil note stating that the list has been sent to Pelly with Thornton's (Thomas Henry Thornton?) compliments and that the Chiefs ar...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Philip Durham Henderson
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Letter regarding a question from Henderson about Elephants and that he had instructed the Political Agents to telegraph Henderson direct in response. The letter also refers to the issue of Kerowlee [Karauli] having claimed precedence of Kishenghur [ Kishangarh] and stating that the matter has ...
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...