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41. Mss Eur F126/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/14
Title:
Manuscript and printed copies of Lewis Pelly's record of service up to 1875
Scope & Content:
The file contains two different versions of Pelly's record of service along with a handwritten list of papers authored by him: Record of service covers his entry into the Army in 1841 through to his appointment as Knight Commander of the Star of India in May 1874. There are two copies of this r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874-1875?
Extent:

1 file (25 folios)

42. Mss Eur F126/61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/61
Title:
Summaries of statements by various individuals concerning William Gifford Palgrave's travels throughout Arabia
Scope & Content:
The file contains three separate statements regarding William Gifford Palgrave's travels throughout Arabia, all relating to the disguises and aliases that Palgrave used to travel and his willingness to assume the religion of whichever place he was travelling through. The first statement is a tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

43. Mss Eur F126/49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/49
Title:
Memo on the Dashtee tribe
Scope & Content:
The memo contains information in Persian, with English translation, regarding the Dashtee [Dashti] tribe and the villages that are subordinate to it. For the town of Dashtee (folio 8) the memo gives details of the tribute paid to the Governor of Bushire; for each subordinate village the followi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
21 Feb 1863-12 May 1863
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

44. Mss Eur F126/83

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/83
Title:
Printed Letters from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Viceroy of India, Lord Northbrook
Scope & Content:
The letters contain résumés for the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) on the state of affairs in Baroda state, focusing primarily on financial matters and the reforms needed to improve them. The résumés also assess disturbances by agriculturalists within Baroda state; the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1874-28 Dec 1874
Extent:

1 file, 2 items (12 folios)

45. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 26-27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 26-27
Title:
Letter from William Lee Warner to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter enquiring after Pelly in India, describing the weather and asking how best to obtain Rose Water in the Gulf. The letter also mentions an enclosed note from Sir Bartle Frere (which is no longer enclosed).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1873
Extent:
2 folios

46. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 71-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 71-75
Title:
Letter from [Bruce?] Deare to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the various sporting activities that people were participating in at Poona [Pune] including Cricket, Badminton, Polo and Regattas. The letter also discusses Deare's fascination with Kriegspiel (war games), gives news of his sons; and the Viceroy's expected arrival in Agra along...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1873
Extent:
5 folios

47. Mss Eur F126/80

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/80
Title:
Letter appointing Lewis Pelly as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda, as a Temporary Measure
Scope & Content:
Letter No. 2564 P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, 25 November 1874, to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly informing him of his appointment as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda as a temporary measure whilst the Baroda Enquiry Commission...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1874
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

48. Mss Eur F126/92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/92
Title:
Memorandum from Lewis Pelly to Sir Richard Meade, his successor at Baroda, regarding the administration and organisation of the Residency
Scope & Content:
The following matters are detailed in the memorandum: The organisation of Lewis Pelly's private office, giving the location of various confidential and important papers kept there, along with the cypher code for confidential correspondence. The submission of progress reports regarding revenue ad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1875
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

49. Mss Eur F126/87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/87
Title:
Pages from the Times of India Reporting on Matters in Baroda Including the Arrest of the Gaekwar
Scope & Content:
Four pages from the Times of India, 16 January 1875 containing articles and reports relating to affairs in Baroda. The articles are entitled: The Gaekwar's property Affairs at Baroda Latest telegraphic intelligence: the crisis at Baroda Latest particulars: The surrender of the Guns The court for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1875
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

50. Mss Eur F126/100

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/100
Title:
Map of Damara and Great Namaqua Land and the Adjacent Countries to and beyond Lake Ngami as explored and surveyed by Messrs Galton & Andersson
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London, Published by Hurst and Blackett. Drawn by E Ravenstein; Engraved on stone by Schenck and McFarlane Lithographers, Edinburgh. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Below title the note 'The coast from 20° South lat, to Walfisch Bay is from the survey of Capt. Will...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856
Extent:

1 map