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1. Mss Eur F126/62

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62
Title:
Copies of correspondence concerning the conduct of Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon, during the expedition to Riadh [Riyadh] and after
Scope & Content:
Political Department Reports regarding Pelly's concerns over the conduct of Assistant Surgeon Dr William Henry Colvill. Colvill is accused of having assumed unauthorised responsibility for Pelly's duties during his absence in England and for giving secret and personal information to the Royal G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb-Dec 1865
Extent:

1 file, 5 items (26 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26
Title:
Correspondence between Pelly and Dr William Henry Colvill
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence between Pelly and Dr Colvill written on blue paper and in the handwriting of a third [unidentified] individual. Some of these letters are duplicates of other copies elsewhere in the file. The correspondence includes: Copy of a letter from Pelly to Colvill, 13 February ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1865
Extent:
4 folios

3. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 1-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 1-5
Title:
Copy of letter No.57 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding accusations that Dr Colvill assumed Pelly's duties and pursued lines of policy without Pelly's permission to do so, and corresponded with government under these assumptions without producing proof of his right to do so. The letter gives details of Pelly's previous exper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1865
Extent:
5 folios

4. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 6-18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 6-18
Title:
Letter No.58 of 1865 from Pelly to Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter regarding Pelly's expedition to Riyadh for which all correspondence and communications were for the secret department only, and his apprehensions about Dr Colvill accompanying him on the expedition. The letter goes on to give details of a journal and other correspondence which ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
13 folios

5. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 19-20
Title:
Letter No.100 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, the Residency Surgeon in Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter dated 23 December 1865 concerning Dr Colvill's breach of privacy in relation to the publicity of their trip to Riyadh earlier that year. Pelly asks Colvill to submit to government an explanation of his conduct. A second letter dated 27 December 1865 is also enclosed in which Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
2 folios

6. Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter No.110 of 1865 from Pelly to Dr William Henry Colvill, Residency Surgeon at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter in which Pelly accuses Dr Colvill of evading his questioning and requests that Colvill meet him at 2 p.m. to review the letters purported to have been written by him and to look at the passage from the Edinburgh Review. Enclosed with the letter are notes on the meeting between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1865
Extent:
2 folios

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