'Personal and Private D.O. [Demi-Official] Correspondence'

Content

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 The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. 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.

Extent and format

1 file, 10 items (31 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Alfred Hyman Louis, 11 Ormonde Terrace, Regents Park, London to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 2-3

Letter from Evelyn Baring, Jacobabad to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 4-5

Letter from George Mathieson Ogilvie, Bombay to Lewis Pelly

12 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 6-11

Letter from John Wortley de la More, Cedar Grove, Richmond, Surrey to Lewis Pelly

12 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 12-17

Letter from Alfred Hyman Louis, London to Lewis Pelly

10 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 18-22

Letter from Sir Henry Rawlinson, London to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 23-24

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Calcutta, to The Earl Canning

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 25-26

Letter from L C A Scote [Scott?], 11 Northumberland Terrace, Primrose Hill, London to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 27-28

Letter from Robert Lambert Playfair, Zanzibar to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, ff 29-30

Letter from J A Brown and Company to Lewis Pelly, Government House, Kirkee

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/6, f 31

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. Folio 31 has been refoliated and the original number has been crossed through to indicate that it is no longer in use.

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 F126/6

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Sep 1858-1 Nov 1865 (CE, Gregorian)

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