Correspondence between Pelly and Dr William Henry Colvill
Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26
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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in Feb 1865. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Copies of correspondence between Pelly and Dr Colvill written on blue paper and in the handwriting of a third [unidentified] individual. Some of these letters are duplicates of other copies elsewhere in the file.
The correspondence includes:
- Copy of a letter from Pelly to Colvill, 13 February 1865, concerning Colvill's conduct in Pelly's absence and asking him to refrain in future from giving any instructions. Enclosed is a copy of a note of an order given to Mr Lucas, Pelly's interpreter, by Colvill.
- Copy of a letter from Colvill to Pelly, 13 February 1865 in response to Pelly's letter of the same date, explaining his conduct.
- Copy of a letter from Pelly to Colvill, 13 February 1865 in response to Colvill's letter of the same date, in which Pelly clarifies his position and further reprimands Colvill.
- Copy of a letter from Colvill to Pelly, 14 February 1865, in response to Pelly's second letter of 13 Feb, in which Colvill expresses regret for his conduct and requests to join Pelly on his forthcoming trip.
- Copy of a letter from Pelly to Captain H W Warner, 13 February 1865, regarding a package of medicines Dr. Colvill is preparing for him.
- Copy of a letter from Pelly to Colvill, 14 February 1865 allowing Colvill to accompany him to Riyadh and instructing him to collect specimens of flowers and rocks.
- Copy of a letter from Captain H W Warner to Pelly, 14 February 1865 in response to Pelly's of the previous day regarding medicine.
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- 4 folios
- It is part of
- 52 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/62
- Physical characteristics
The corrrespondence has been foliated in the top right corner of each page as 23-26
- Written in
- English in Latin script
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- Archival item
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26
- Date(s)
- Feb 1865 (CE, Gregorian)
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- East AfricaArabian PeninsulaCentral AsiaBaroda StateIranKalat StateMysore StatePersian GulfRajputanaRiyadhRussiaSindUdaipur StateZanzibarGohadMuscat
- People & organisations
- Bombay ArmySir Lewis Pelly, KnightMalhar Rao Gaekwad, Maharaja Gaekwad of BarodaWilliam Henry ColvillClement Joseph Philip Pen De BodeSir Henry Bartle Edward FrereSir Frederic John Goldsmid, KnightSir William Henry Rodes Green, KnightEdward Brodie HoareJohn JacobSir Robert Phayre, KnightSir Dinkar Rao, KnightHenry WillockSir Owen Tudor Burne, KnightThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of NorthbrookSir William Lockyer Merewether, KnightWilliam Gifford PalgraveSir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, KnightArthur William RobertsSir Edward Charles Ross, KnightÁrmin VámbéryCharles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter
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- Mss Eur F126/62, ff 23-26
- Title
- Correspondence between Pelly and Dr William Henry Colvill
- Pages
- 23r:26v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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