Letter No.122/879 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda state, Baroda to John Alexander Matthew Macdonald, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Military Department, Bombay
Mss Eur F126/89, ff 11-13
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 31 Mar 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 regarding Pelly's decision to take his furlough and that he would be handing over charge of the Baroda state to Sir Richard Meade. The letter continues by thanking the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. for their support in military matters; reporting that he had received every possible assistance from General Sir Edward Russell, Commanding the Division, and Colonel Henry Ebenezer Jacob, Commanding the force at Baroda; and paying particular thanks to Colonel Charles Herbert Commanding 7th Royal Fusiliers and the men under his command for the careful and efficient manner in which they performed their duties guarding prisoners and witnesses concerned with the enquiry.
The letter concludes by enclosing a daily report which shows that sickness within the force is at almost a minimum and thanking the senior medical officers for their work, in particular Dr Ward and Dr George Edwin Seward (the medical report is no longer enclosed).
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Letter No.122/879 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda state, Baroda to John Alexander Matthew Macdonald, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Military Department, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/89, ff 11-13, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023550604.0x000003> [accessed 8 August 2026]
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- Mss Eur F126/89, ff 11-13
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- Letter No.122/879 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda state, Baroda to John Alexander Matthew Macdonald, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Military Department, Bombay
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- 11r:13v
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