Telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bassidore to Sir Bartle Frere
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Telegram thanking Frere for the offer of clothes from Bombay and informing him that all the crew and passengers from the Berenice were safely at Bassidore and that native clothing had been secured for them by Lieutenant Edwin Dawes.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Captain Alfred Cotton-Way
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Letter regarding Pelly having written to Government again on the question of Augam [Henjam], the death of the agent at Muskat [Mohamad Bauka Khan] and Pelly having sent his head Mirza to act in his place. The letter also discusses the forthcoming arrival of May Frere and Pelly's hopes of visiti...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to an undisclosed recipient
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Letter thanking the recipient for information regarding mules and enquiring whether Captain Jones' house at Subzabad has been appraised, and if it is for sale what the price is.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Narayn Wassadeojee
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Letter thanking Narayn for his forethought and arrangements; congratulating him on his recent honour and requesting supplies including candles and cooking pots.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Charles Henry McGill
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Letter regarding Sayed Torkee [Turki bin Said]'s intentions towards Muskat [Muscat]; the arrival of the acting agent there and Pelly's request to Government for an English officer to fill the position.
Letter regarding shares that Pelly purchased several years ago in the British India Steam Navigation Company and which he would like Dawes to dispose of on his behalf.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bassidore, to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Letter, marked private, regarding the ongoing difficulties with the Persian authorities and Mr Charles Ailson's tendency to concede to them in order to avoid conflict which has been causing Pelly complications in Bushire.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire, to Barrow Helbert Ellis
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Letter regarding the annoyances that the Persian authorities are causing to commerce in the Gulf and the difficulties caused by the India Office ruling that the Resident should ony communicate with a Persian Foreign Agent as there is not currently one in the Gulf area and that hinders Pelly's ab...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Charles Alison
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Letter regarding the Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] affair and an incident at sea off the arab coast which has reportedly cost 70 craft and the lives of some thousand men. The letter also reports on the force being sent by the Government of India to blockade Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].