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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly [31r] (1/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 21 Aug 1868. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Letter regarding Merewether having sent a Sailor called Brown who he hopes will be able to assist him in settling the Bahrein question satisfactorily.
The letter goes on to enquire about the progress with the Mussendom [Musandam] to Augam [Hengām] telegraph line; the need for another line via Aden; the state of affairs on the northern frontier of Punjab including the attack on a police outpost near Abbothabad [Abbottābād]; his hopes that Sir John Lawrence will soon depart India and that there will be a new Governor-General with new policies in external relations; an update on the Abyssinia expedition and those friends and colleagues who have received honours for it; and concluding with more general news of his work.
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- Mss Eur F126/3, ff 31-34
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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- 31r:34v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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