Papers concerning witnesses and prisoners in the case of the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and the charges of maladministration brought against the Gaekwar.

Content

Correspondence, telegrams and lists relating to prisoners and witnesses in both the case of attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, and other cases which were been investigated at the time of the Gaekwar, Malharrao's arrest. Matters discussed include arrangements for the confinement and surveillance of prisoners, discussions about those individuals who could be released on bail, and medical assesments of prisoners in confinement suffering from illnesses.

The correspondence is between Sir Lewis Pelly; Freeman Henry Jackson, Assistant Resident at Baroda; George Edwin Seward, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon at Baroda; Andrew Richard Scoble, Advocate General of Bombay; Frank Henry Souter, Commissioner of Police at Bombay on Special Duty; Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India; and Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary, Government of India.

Extent and format

1 file, 29 items (82 folios)

It is grouped into

'Witnesses and List of persons in Custody and police Surveillance'

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, ff 1-7

Letter No.27 of 1875 from Frank Henry Souter, on Special Duty, Foreign Department, Baroda to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner Baroda

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Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 9

Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 10

Copy Service Telegram from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 11

Letter No.34 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda to The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Calcutta

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, ff 12-24

Copy Service Telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 25

Letter No.650 of 1875 from Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda to Frank Henry Souter, Commissioner of Police, on Special Duty, Baroda

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 26

'Letter No.652 of 1875 containing an Extract from the report on Native Papers for the Week ending 27 February 1875'

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Letter from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys

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Note from George Edwin Seward to (William?) Jeffreys

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 29

Letter No.28 of 1875 from Frank Henry Souter, On Special Duty, Foreign Department, Baroda to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 30

Letter No.35 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda to Andrew Scoble, Advocate General of Bombay

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 31

Letter No.36 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Calcutta

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 32

Cypher Telegram from the Viceroy, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, ff 33-34

Letter from Andrew Richard Scoble, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 35

Letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to Andrew Richard Scoble

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 36

Extract Telegram from Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 37

Extract from Confidential Letter No.114a P of 13 January from the Foreign Secretary to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 38

Letter from James Bellett Richey to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 39

'Memo. of Instructions for the Guard over the Four Prisoners in the Buildings of the Residency Office'

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, ff 40-41

Letter from Frederick Segrave to Sir Lewis Pelly

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 42

Letter No.38 of 1875 from Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner Acting the Baroda State to Lieutenant-Colonel L C Barton, Political Agent, Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kāntha]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 43

Instructions from Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda to Frederick Segrave

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 44

Telegram from the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 45

Letter from George Edwin Seward, Residency Surgeon and Superintendent Guikwar [Gakewar]'s Hospitals, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, Governor General's Agent and Special Commissioner

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, ff 46-47

Letter on Lewis Pelly's behalf to George Edwin Seward

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 48

Letter No.15 C.P. from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Camp Delhi to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner Baroda

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, f 49

Letter No.58 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda State to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/86, ff 50-81

Arrangement

The contents of the file were previously bound together, and this original arrangement has been retained.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

Binding: The contents of the file were originally tied together using pink ribbon. The ribbon has been removed, to protect the letters and papers, and placed in a plastic sleeve at the back of the file (folio 82). The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/86

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Jan 1875-28 Mar 1875 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Commissioner of Police, Mumbai

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