Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Government of India to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Brief letter enclosing an article from the Delhi Gazette on the condition of the ancient Jain temple at Ajmere [Ajmer] and requesting Pelly's thoughts on whether actions needs to be taken from the temple's preservation and the likely expenditure required.
Letter from James Cavan Berkeley, Camp Kota to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 25 February 1874, submitting his opinion, in accordance with the views of Government, that 500 muskets should be supplied to the Tonk Durbar and promising the ensure the corresponding number of old arms are destroyed. The verso of folio 191 contains a pencil note from Henry Byam A...
Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Sir Bartle Frere's return to England having been eclipsed by the visit of the Shah of Persia (Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh), who had arrived there the same day. The letter also informs Pelly of the general goings on at Simla, including weekly musical parties, football matches, a recent ma...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, care of the Political Agent, Muscat
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Letter thanking Pelly for his letters of 17 January 1873 and 13 March 1873 regarding the negotiations in Zanzibar and expressing his hopes that if Pelly does go to Rajpootana [Rājasthān] they will be able to meet again sooner than expected.
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding some papers, that were being sent separately, which the Viceroy wished Pelly to read before they met the following day. The papers relate to the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Laing Mackeson in allowing his assistant surgeon to live with him in a state of drunkenness a...
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Viceroy's appointment of Percy William Smith to be the officiating adjutant of the Mhairwarra [Merwāra] battalion and checking whether Pelly still had any of the papers relating to Meywar [Mewār]
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Colonel John Cheape Brooke's recommendation that Captain Charles William Burton be confirmed to the post of assistant, and Government's concerns owing to his previous 'disparaging manner' and also a recent censure by Government which has lead Lord Northbrook (Viceroy of India) t...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, dated 30 June 1873, regarding a statement which had appeared in a local newspaper that European and Native officers in the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency were in the habit of using local Chief's vehicles and that although the statement had proved unfounded requesting that Pelly reiterate t...
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter asking Pelly to find out about the capabilities and conduct of Major Patrick Carfrae Dalmahoy during his time at Ajmere [Ajmer] as he had applied for a post in command of the Meywar [Mewār] Corps.