Correspondence and other Papers concerning Lewis Pelly's Application to join the Bombay Staff Corps

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Lewis Pelly's application in 1861 to join the Bombay Staff Corps including correspondence with the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay regarding the application; supporting correspondence and testimonies from 1857 to 1859 and the confirmation letter 31 July 1861 of the submission of Pelly's name to Government to be entered into the Staff Corps with the rank of Major.

Extent and format

1 file, 6 items (8 folios)

It is grouped into

Notification issued by Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/8, f 1

Extract from Sir James Outram's letter to the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/8, f 2

Lewis Pelly's application to join the Bombay Staff Corps

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/8, f 3

Letter from Captain Lewis Pelly, 17th Regiment Native Infantry, Calcutta to the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/8, ff 4-5

Letter from Captain Lewis Pelly, 17th Regiment Native Infantry, Dapoorie [Dapuri] to the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/8, ff 6-7

Letter from Captain Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Acting Deputy Adjutant General, Poona to Captain Lewis Pelly, 17th Regiment Native Infantry, Dapoorie [Dapuri]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/8, f 8

Arrangement

The contents of the file have been arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

The file has been foliated with a pencil number enclosed in a circle in the top right corner of each folio.

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 F126/8

History of this record

Date(s)

14 Nov 1857-31 Jul 1861 (CE, Gregorian)

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