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Sir Bartle Frere, Matheran to Lewis Pelly [20r] (11/12)
The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 08 Nov 1863. 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 the delay of the arrival of cables for new telegraph lines and his hopes that Pelly had an opportunity to meet Mr Murdoch Smith and discuss his explorations in Central Asia and North Africa.
The letter goes on to discuss Sir Bartle's belief in the importance of having a 'good man' in the Gulf, an area he sees as becoming of more and more importance and thanking Pelly for the jewels, curiosities and greyhounds that Pelly has sent to him.
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- Mss Eur F126/2, ff 15-20
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- Sir Bartle Frere, Matheran to Lewis Pelly
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- 19v:20v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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