Private Letters to Lewis Pelly from Various Persons Concerning Affairs in Baroda.

Content

Correspondence relating to the conclusion of the Baroda Commission and the production of the report on its findings, including a minute produced by Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) on the events of the previous two years and the findings of the Commission.

Also included in the file are letters to and from Lewis Pelly, following his return to England on leave, relating to his attempts to return to India prior to his leave ending in November 1876.

Extent and format

1 file, 16 items (37 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Andrew Richard Scoble, Mahableshwur [Mahābaleshwar] to Sir Lewis Pelly

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 1-4

Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Gorton Castle, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 5-8

Letter from Adolphus Warburton Moore, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 9-10

Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Gorton Castle, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly

6 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 11-13

Pencil notes written by Lewis Pelly

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, f 14

Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, St James's Square, London to Captain Evelyn Baring

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 15-16

Copy telegram from the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, f 17

Letter from George Hamilton, Barons Court, Ireland to Sir Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 18-19

Telegram from Edmond Robert Wodehouse, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Parell to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, f 20

Telegram from Edmond Robert Wodehouse, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Parell to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, f 21

Minute by His Excellency the Viceroy

10 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 22-26

Letter from [J S Hurrell?], Ahmedabad to Sir Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 27-28

Letter from George Hamilton, House of Commons to Sir Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 29-30

Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 31-32

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, London to Charles Umpherston Aitchison

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 33-34

Letter from George Hamilton, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/88, ff 35-36

Arrangement

The correspondence was originally tied together and this original order has been maintained.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located 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.

Binding: The correspondence had been bound together using pink ribbon, which has been removed to enable the letters to be read properly. The pink ribbon has been placed in a plastic sleeve at the back of the file (folio 37), 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 F126/88

History of this record

Date(s)

14 Jan 1875-30 Sep 1875 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Special Commission, Baroda

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