Letter from Alfred Charles Lyall to Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/9, ff 13-32
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The record is made up of 20 folios. It was created in 24 Nov 1874. 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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Letter regarding lists of crockery, furniture and other items which Pelly had been using at the Rajputana Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and outlining which items Lyall intends to purchase from Pelly.
Enclosed with the letter are two copies of the lists, the first list (folios 15-26) has been divided up into sections some lettered A-H, and others just given headings, the second list (folios 27-32) only has the lettered headings:
- A: Crockery and Glass on tour
- B: List of Silver
- Wines etc. in Godowa (Aboo) [Abu]
- Miscellaneous Wines in Godowa at Aboo [Abu]
- Furniture in Camp
- C: Wines in closed boxes in Camp
- D: Stores
- E: Stores in Camel Trunks in Camp
- F: Wines in Camel Trunks
- G: Cooking utensils in Camp
- H: List of Furniture (Aboo) [Abu]
The second list has some annotations in pencil, primarily showing individual prices for items which there are more than one of on the list but also giving overall sums for the contents of each lettered section on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio thirty-two.
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- 20 folios
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- 88 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/9
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Condition: Each set of lists has been tied together using blue ribbon which is tied in the top right corner of the folios.
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- English in Latin script
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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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- Mss Eur F126/9, ff 13-32
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- 24 Nov 1874 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/9, ff 13-32
- Title
- Letter from Alfred Charles Lyall to Sir Lewis Pelly
- Pages
- 13r:32v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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