'Rajpootana [Rājasthān] - Drafts. Issue. Demi-Official File 1873'

Content

The file consists of correspondence from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to the Political Agents and other officials in Rajpootana; and officials within the Government of India, including Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, and Captain Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook).

The correspondence focuses on day to day matters in Rajpootana; and major events such as the Durbars A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). at Agra and Bīkāner; vacant appointments within the state.

The Political Agents and officials in Rajpootana that Colonel Pelly was communicating with included Captain Thomas Cadell, Captain Arthur William Roberts, Colonel William Howell Beynon, Colonel Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson, Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, Captain James Cavan Berkeley, Colonel William Carnell, Captain Charles Shuttleworth, Leslie Saunders, Henry Byam Abbott, Charles William Burton and Adelbert Cecil Talbot.

Also included in the file, on folios 92-95 is a letter from Lewis Pelly, in response to a request from the Government of India, giving his thoughts on the advisability or otherwise of Her Majesty's Government developing Pearl Fisheries in the deeper channels of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Folio 3 consists of a note containing a second description for the file 'Miscellaneous notes private & demi official - correspondence with Sir Bartle Frere, Sir W Ridgway and E Baring, mostly 1873-1876'. This description does not appear to belong to this file.

Extent and format

1 file, 62 items (107 folios)

It is grouped into

Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Government of India to Colonel Craven Hildesley Dickens

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 4-7

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to the Head Clerk, Deputy Commissioners' Office, Ajmeer [Ajmer]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 8

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Captain Thomas Cadell, Ulwa [Alwar]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 9

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Colonel, Officiating Agent Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān], Mount Aboo [Ābu] to The Commissioner of Customs, Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 10-12

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Maharao Prahmalji II, Rao of the Princely State of Kutch

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 13-14

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Leslie Saunders, Ajmere [Ajmer]; Captain Thomas Cadell, Political Agent Ulwa [Alwar]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Colonel William Beynon, Political Agent Jeypoor [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Political Agent, Meywar [Mewār]; Major Charles Walker, Jodpoor [Jodhpur]; Colonel William Carnell, Erinpoora [Erinpura]; Captain James Berkeley, Political Agent Harowlee [Haroli] Deolee [ Deoli]

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 15-16

Letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for the States of Rajpootana [Rājasthān], Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Messrs Milroy and Son, 32 Leadenhall Street, E.C., London

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 17

Draft circular letter from Colonel Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel William Beynon, Jeypore [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Meywar [Mewār]; Colonel William Carnell, Erinpoora [Erinpura]; Major Charles Walter, Jodhpoor [Jodhpur]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Captain James Berkeley, Harrowlee [Haroli] - Deolee [Deoli].

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 18-19

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent Governor General, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to The Manager, Times of India Office, Bombay

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 20-21

Letter from Lewis Pelly, , Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Captain Charles Shuttleworth, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād]

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 22

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Maharajah Dhiraj Maharajah Prithei Singh [Mahārājā Prithvī Singh] Bahadoor of Kishengurh [Kishangarh]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 23

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel Goodfellow, Political Agent, Bhooj [Bhūj]

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 24

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Gaspar Rozario, No.7 Grant Building, Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 25-26

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer]; Colonel William Beynon, Political Agent Jeypoor [Jaipur]; Colonel Alexander Hutchinson, Political Agent Oodeypoor [Udaipur]; Colonel William Carnell, Political Agent, Sirohie [Sirohi]; Captain Arthur Roberts, Political Agent Eastern States, Bhurtpoor [Bharatpur]; Captain James Berkeley, Officiating Political Agent Harotee [Hāroti]-Deolee [Deoli]; Captain Charles Burton, Assistant to the Agent Governor General, Bikaneer [Bīkāner]; Officiating Political Agent Marwar and Jeysulmere [Jaisalmer], Jodhpoor [Jodhpur]

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 27-28

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Messrs McIver and Company, Agra

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 29

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Dhola to Dr William James Moore

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 30-31

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Dhola to James Cavan Berkeley

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 32-33

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Deolee [Deoli] to Colonel Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 34-35

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 36-37

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Philip Durham Henderson

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 37

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Thomas Cadell

1 image

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 37v

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Messrs Kellner & Co

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 38

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Captain Arthur William Roberts

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 38v

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Lieutenant Adelbert Cecil Talbot

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 40

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 41-42

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Leslie Saunders

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 43

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to an undisclosed recipient

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 44

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Ajmere [Ajmer] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 45-50

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Henry Byam Abbott, Assistant to the Agent to the Governor General, Rajpootana [Rājasthān]

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 51-52

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 53

Note from Lewis Pelly, Agra to the Government of India

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 54

Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 55-56

Draft letter from Lewis Pelly to Station Master, Telegraph Station, Agra

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 57-58

Draft letter from Lewis Pelly to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 59

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to James Cavan Berkeley

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 60-61

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to the Manager, Times of India Office, Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 62

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Arthur William Roberts, Political Agent, Eastern States, Bhurtpore [Bharatpur]

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 63

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Captain Philip Durham Henderson

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 64

Letter from Lewis Pelly to James Robert Simson, Collector

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 65-66

Letter from Lewis Pelly to James Cavan Berkeley

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 67

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Arthur William Roberts

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 67v

Letter from Lewis Pelly to an undisclosed recipient

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 68-69

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] to the Executive Engineer, Mount Aboo [Ābu]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 70

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel William Carnell

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 71-72

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Leslie Saunders

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 73-74

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to James Cavan Berkeley

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 75

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to William Lee Warner

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 76-77

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Cuthbert

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 78-79

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to A? L? Crommelin

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 80-81

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur], Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to Edward Charles Ross

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 82-83

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Sir Dinker [Dinkar] Rao

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 84-85

Letter from Lewis Pelly to His Highness the Maharaja of Jeypore [Jaipur] ( Sawai Ram Singh II)

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 86

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp - Jeypore [Jaipur] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 87-88

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 89-90

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 91

Letter No.11 of 1873 from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to an undisclosed recipient (Government of India?)

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 92-95

Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Jeypore [Jaipur] to His Lordship the Viceroy of India (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook)

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 96-97

Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Captain Henry Byam Abbott

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 98-99

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook)

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, ff 100-101

Letter from Lewis Pelly to Colonel William Earle

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 102

Letter from Lewis Pelly to the Assistant to the Agent to the Governor General, Shajangurh [Sajjangarh]

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 103

Cancelled Letter from Leslie Saunders, Commissioner at Ajmere [Ajmer] to COlonel Lewis Pelly, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Ajmere

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/69, f 104

Arrangement

The contents of the file have been arranged chronologically, with undated letters being placed at the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The contents of the file have 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. Foliation anomaly: 106a.

Conservation: The original string binding for these papers has been removed and placed in protective plastic towards the rear of the file (f 106).

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 F126/69

History of this record

Date(s)

11 Jul 1873-14 Dec 1873 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Durbars

People & organisations

Government of India, Foreign SecretaryPrivate Secretary to the Viceroy of IndiaResident, JaipurPolitical Agent, JodhpurCommissioner, Ajmer-MerwaraPolitical Agent, MewarPolitical Agent, ErinpuraPolitical Agent, Haroli and DeoliAssistant to the Governor-General's Agent, RajputanaPolitical Agent, AlwarPolitical Agent, NasirabadPolitical Agent, Eastern Rajputana States

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