Printed Letters from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Viceroy of India, Lord Northbrook
Mss Eur F126/83
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The record is made up of 1 file, 2 items (12 folios). It was created in 13 Dec 1874-28 Dec 1874. 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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The letters contain résumés for the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) on the state of affairs in Baroda state, focusing primarily on financial matters and the reforms needed to improve them.
The résumés also assess disturbances by agriculturalists within Baroda state; the relationship between the Gaekwar, Malharrao, and the Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ; and a résumé written by James Bellett Richey, Assistant Resident of the corroborative evidence to support the confession of the Jemadar that he had poisoned Colonel Robert Phayre on the instructions of the Gaekwar of Baroda.
- Extent and format
- 1 file, 2 items (12 folios)
- It is grouped into
- 10 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/83, ff 1-514 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/83, ff 6-12
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The letters have been arranged chronologically by date.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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- Mss Eur F126/83
- Date(s)
- 13 Dec 1874-28 Dec 1874 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/83, ff 1-5
- Title
- Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India
- Pages
- 1r:5v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F126/83, ff 6-12
- Title
- Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India
- Pages
- 6r:12v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence