Mss Eur F126/6

Correspondence from friends and colleagues of Lewis Pelly discussing personal and professional topics including:

Alfred Hyman Louis discussing his opinions on the British Government, the India Office and the running of the Empire and J C A Scote detailing Louis's departure for Melbourne, Australia with his wife and the circumstances which have led to his emigration and discussing Louis's latest publication 'England and Europe' giving references to the various newspapers and journals which have reviewed it.

Professional matters discussed at length in the letters include John Wortley de la More detailing his plans for extending the Telegraph through Persia, his work on a tram-road between Belgrade and Constantinople and his hopes of acquiring financial support for a tram-road between Tabriz and Tehran; Lieutenant-Colonel Playfair discussing his position in Zanzibar and his visits to Mozambique and the Comores [Comoros] Islands and George Mathieson Ogilvie making enquiries on behalf of Major Macleod Innes regarding the Indian mutiny of 1857 for a book that Innes was writing.

Also referenced in the correspondence are matters relating to individual's friendships with Pelly and news of various friends and their families as well as correspondence relating to his position in Sindh [Sind] and enquiring about a vacancy within the Foreign Office.

The cover label for the file states that the contents are personal and private demi-official correspondence 1858 to 1878, however the date range of the correspondence in the file only covers 1858 to 1865.