Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel William Carnell
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Letter regarding an unofficial letter that had been inadvertently included with the official papers and the procedure for withdrawing it. The letter goes on to explain to Carnell the difference between Unofficial and official letters and that although unofficial letters often contained intimati...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding the attention that Pelly has been paying to the subject of Nawab Faiz Alli [Ali] Khan and the actions that he has attempted to take in the matter, the Nawabs response to these actions and the matter of a Jagheer which had been granted to him. The letter also discusses reports s...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Colonel John Allen Wright
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Letter advising Wright not to interfere in the affair of the Sherishtadar other than to give advice to the Maharana. The letter goes on to request that Mr Bickajee carry out his settlement work and detailing plans to settle most of the disputed borders of the states. The letter also suggests w...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to William Arden Crommelin
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Letter regarding the opening of Telegraph stations at Erinpoora [Erinpura] and Beawr [Beāwar] on 1 October and requesting information on proceedings for the openings and whether the Palee [Pāli] office is to close, which he is emphatically against. The letter also asks Crommelin to write to th...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding Pelly's travel schedule and his meetings with local Chiefs and Thakoors [Thakurs], his hopes of being in Calcutta 25 or 26 October and Lord Northbrooks invitation to Government House. The letter goes on to recount a pleasant visit to Major Walter, his ongoing troubles with Sau...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding submissions for promotion in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and the movements of the various agents: Colonel Macdonald at Deolee [Deoli] who is proceeding on privilege leave and has applied for permission to retire and recommending Major Clay to succeed him; Captain Shuttleworth (Canto...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
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Letter regarding Grant-Duff's travels from Ahmedabad which Pelly informs him will be impassable by road and recommending instead the train from Bombay to Jeypore [Jaipur] from where a carriage and horses could be laid on to Ajmere [Ajmer] and Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and further should he wish to...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter enclosing a letter from Captain Powlett giving the opinion of the Residency Surgeon on the health og the late Maharana and more thoughts on his successor, but reserving opinion until he has received Captain Powlett's detailed report.