Daily journal entries kept by Lewis Pelly 1 March to 1 April 1854
Mss Eur F126/17, ff 7-20
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The record is made up of 14 folios. It was created in 1 Apr 1854. 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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Daily entries in a journal covering the period 1 March to 1 April 1854 in which Pelly records his previous attempts at keeping a daily journal.
The subjects covered in the diary include the life lessons he has learnt thus far; half completed publications he has been writing; his appointment in charge of Judicial duties at Shikarpur; his thoughts on Jacobabad and General John Jacob; his new home and duties; thoughts on works by John Keble and William Wordsworth that he has been reading; detailed descriptions of the geography and landscapes of parts of Sind [Sindh] visted on official duties; notes on sketches and reports made during the course of his work; the words to the chorus and a verse of rule brittania; and some of the cases he ruled on in the course of his judicial duties.
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- 14 folios
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- 54 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/17
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- English in Latin script
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- Journal
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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 F126/17, ff 7-20
- Date(s)
- 1 Apr 1854 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/17, ff 7-20
- Title
- Daily journal entries kept by Lewis Pelly 1 March to 1 April 1854
- Pages
- 7r:20v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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