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Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar [back] (54/54)
The record is made up of 1 file, 5 items (27 folios). It was created in 1854-1862. 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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File containing journals kept by Lewis Pelly during his early career in India. The journals include a recollection, written in 1854, of a post monsoon journey from Kurrachee [Karachi] to Bombay in 1842; journeys taken in India in 1855 to mark his thirtieth birthday; an excursion to visit a tomb in Roree [Rohri] in 1854; a journey to visit the Sohailee [Swahili] Sultan in Zanzibar in 1862; and a general journal recounting daily events in 1854.
- Extent and format
- 1 file, 5 items (27 folios)
- Arrangement
The journals have been arranged chronologically based on the dates of the events recounted in them, however the journal recounting a journey in 1842 was actually written in 1854 and the date of the second journal was misread as 1853 at the time of arrangement, but is actually dated 1855.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The contents of the file have foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F126/17
- Title
- Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar
- Pages
- front, front-i, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence