Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 28-31
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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 24 Aug 1873. 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, marked private, regarding an ongoing situation between Pelly and the Home Government, relating to the slave trade, and citing a letter from Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere to Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring) on the matter.
The letter goes on to express Aitchison's hopes that William Gladstone (Prime Minister of Great Britain) will soon be removed from office; an envoy from Cabul [Kabul] who is still at Simla after several weeks; the likelihood that the Chief Commissionership of Assam will be offered to General Richard Harte Keatinge; and news of recent engagements.
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- 4 folios
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- 156 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/4
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- English in Latin script
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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 F126/4, ff 28-31
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- 24 Aug 1873 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/4, ff 28-31
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- Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
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- 28r:31v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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