Letter from Horace Walpole, India Office to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, KCB, KCSI [‎214r] (1/4)

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Letter from Horace Walpole, India Office to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, KCB, KCSI

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 214-215

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Feb 1878. 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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Content: Letter regarding Pelly's request to succeed Sir Alfred Wilde on the Council of India and reporting on Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)'s response that they require someone with a detailed knowledge of the Army in India for the vacancy as the council currently lacks that expertise.
Extent and format: 2 folios
Physical characteristics: Watermark: The paper contains two watermarks - 'Brittania' and 'Cansell, 1870'.
Written in: English in Latin script

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Reference: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 214-215
Title: Letter from Horace Walpole, India Office to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, KCB, KCSI
Pages: 214r:215v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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