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Letter from Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Foreign Office, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly [‎83v] (4/4)

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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 17 Jan 1875. 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 thanking Pelly for his kindness in recommending him for the position at the Foreign Office working alongside Charles Umpherston Aitchison.

The letter goes on to give news from Rajpootana [Rājasthān] including Frederick Augustus Hugh Elliott who had commenced his leave by breaking his leg; a badminton match consisting of Foreign Office versus Rajpootana Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and complimenting Charles Aitchison's playing ability; and Mrs Edith Saunders (wife of Colonel Leslie Saunders) having contracted rheumatic fever.

The letter concludes by informing Pelly that Lukdeer Sing [Kunwar Lakhdir Singh] has been causing problems and refusing to pay tribute to the new Maharaja of Alwar, Mungal Singh [Mangal Singh Prabhakar]; and that he has passed his arabic exam.

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Letter from Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Foreign Office, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly [‎83v] (4/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/7, ff 82-83, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023442202.0x0000a7> [accessed 6 July 2026]

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