Letter from Lewis Pelly to Lieutenant Adelbert Cecil Talbot
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Letter regarding seating arrangements for the Durbar at Agra; and requesting a complete list of all the border dispute cases which were currently pending in Rajpootana [Rājasthān], with a request for further details on those that may exist between Jeypore [Jaipur] and other states and giving exa...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel William Carnell
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Private letter regarding a possible appointment for Lieutenant Charles Edward Yate and promising not to relocate him until a replacement for him has been found as well as explaining his reasons for wanting him. The letter goes on to discuss affairs with Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter; ...
Letter informing the [unnamed] company that he has settled his financial matters and thanking them for the kind offer of funds and for informing him of the safety of his crockery and sword.
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 ...