Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter explaining his intentions in submitting General John Dobrée Woollcombe's letter requesting siege guns for Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] in order to handle a situation at Futtehgurh [Fatehgarh] and that garrison artillery would not be required as well as outlining the possible scenarios where th...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Governor General's Camp, Lucknow to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Captain Henry Byam Abbott being gazetted as Assistant Political Agent Third Class; Aitchison looking into whether or not there is a further vacancy; and Lord Northbrook's desire to appoint a civilian to replace Captain Victor Edward Law. A postscript to the letter informs Pelly...
Abstract of a khureeta [kharīṭa] from Khowas Parbuhseye, concubine of the late Maharajah Sirdar Sing [Sardar Singh] of Bikaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel John Cheape Brooke
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Letter discussing the inheritance her son had received from his late father Maharajah Sardar Singh and a decision to remove some of the lands and power from him.
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Chief's will be permitted to leave Agra as soon as the Durbar is over and that he should hint to them that the earlier they depart the better.
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, dated 5 November 1873, informing Pelly that one of his letters was received unsigned and requesting that he remedy this. The letter also contains a pencil note by Pelly on the verso of folio 121, dated 9 November, requesting a second draft of the letter for him to sign.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 7 July 1873 enclosing a note from Colonel William Earle regarding Major Charles George Gunning's appointment and advising Pelly to have instructions waiting at Kheewarra [Khairwāra] for the officer that eventually goes there. Enclosed note from William Earle to Charles Umpherston...