Letter regarding his views on the Kotah [Kota] Vakeel and recommending that as he is en route from Agra to Deolee [Deoli] that Berkeley quietly arrange to have another Vakeel selected and that Pelly will then arrange the matter on his arrival at Deolee.
Letter regarding a draft of an address that the Commissioner of Ajmere (Leslie Saunders) has proposed the Thakor of Baghera give and which Pelly has approved, and enclosing a copy of the Commissioner's note to Pelly. Enclosed with the letter is a draft letter to the Thakor of Baghera stating th...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Cuthbert
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Letter confirming his support for Cuthbert in any post he may be considering, and informing him that there are no vacant posts in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] but that he would also be willing to support any vacancy in Bombay that may be of interest and thanking him for his work in Bahrein.
Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding an accident that Pelly had, his thoughts on Aboo [Ābu], the business with Frederick Laing Mackeson and who might get his appointment, and giving news of friends and colleagues including John Underwood Champain and Albert James Leppoc Cappel who are off to Vienna to attend a tele...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a Demi-Official letter that had been sent to him and giving news of his daughters and friends and informing Pelly that he had been dragged into playing Badminton.
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Agra 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 William Lee Warner, Agra to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter asking Pelly to inform Lieutenant Charles Edward Yate that the position for which he had applied had not yet been created but that he would be put forward for it should it be created and asking Pelly to remind him of the appropriate protocol for applying for such positions.
Letter from Colonel William Earle to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that he had not been mentioned in the Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] programme as it had been assumed he would be accompanying the Viceroy throughout the day and informing him of someone else who had been omitted and requesting that Captain Arthur William Roberts be informed of the...
Letter from William Lee Warner, Parell to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that there are no official Government records against Reverend Joseph Higgins and referring to reports on the Archdeacon's reactions to him and matters being referred to Government on the bishop's return.
Account of the succession of Jaswant Singh II, Maharaja of Jodhpur
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Account, most likely written by either Doctor James William Moore, Doctor to the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency, or Major Charles Kenneth Walter, Political Agent for Jaipur describing the introduction of Jaswant Singh II as the new Maharaja of Jodhpur 3 March 1873 to his Court, local Chiefs and ci...