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61. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 9v-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 9v-10
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the vacant Governorship of Mayo College and recommending William Muir Sr for the position but also suggesting Major Charles Bean Euan Smith and Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John, who was ultimately appointed to the post, as well as proposing that the position should be an offic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1874
Extent:
2 folios

62. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 20-21
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Henry Byam Abbott
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Abbott for the mangoes and regarding a trip he took through the province as well as his good fortune in not being impeded by the floods. The letter goes on to discuss the continuous rain at Aboo [Ābu] which has reached 60 inches, Captain Powlett's return, Pelly's intention to vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

63. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 25v-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 25v-26
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Mr Fago?
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Railway and his pressing the matter with the Government of India as well as the need for Mr Fago? to keep pressing Government if he wants to get a railway.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1874
Extent:
1 folio

64. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 30-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 30-31
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to James Cavan Berkeley
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Berkeley's disobeyance of Pelly's orders for public and domestic reasons.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

65. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 31v-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 31v-32
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to James Dawson Macdonald
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an enclosure from an officer requesting to be excused from providing men for the Agent to the Governor General's escort this season and Pelly's view that this is an informal and unusual question which is not standard military discipline or procedure. Pelly goes on to request tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

66. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 35v-38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 35v-38
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding notes on the Ajmere [Ajmer] police and the small cause courts at Ajmere and Pelly's need on several occasions to express his 'emphatic' official displeasure with Leslie Saunders as well as describing his issues and reasons for disliking the man and his work. The letter goes on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1874
Extent:
4 folios

67. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 41-42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 41-42
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to William Arden Crommelin
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an engineer, Mr Span, who had been unable to carry out his orders to report on the Roskeekishen road and had returned to Aboo [Ābu] to await further orders instead of continuing to his destination and writing for orders from there. The letter also requests any reports on engin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

68. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 44-45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 44-45
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the movements of Pelly's camp and his intention, on reaching Jeypore [Jaipur] to travel to Calcutta to see an occulist as his eyes are worsening. The letter also discusses matters with Saunders; an unpleasant and delicate discussion between Captain Roberts and the Maharaja of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1874
Extent:
2 folios

69. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 45v-46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 45v-46
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to James Cavan Berkeley
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the good results of Berkeley's work in Kotah [Kota], a reply to the Nawabs report and Colonel Macdonalds retirement.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1874
Extent:
2 folios

70. Mss Eur F126/70, ff 47-48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 47-48
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Anandroo Narayn Vasedes
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Anandroo's decision to follow in his late father's footsteps and arranging for the bust of Pelly to be sent to him. The letter also requests that his money in the Bank of Bombay be credited to his personal account by the executors and regarding a note for Captain Henry: Note to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1874
Extent:
2 folios