Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Hotel Metropolw, Schwalbach, Germany to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 67-68
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 10 Aug 1877. 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 additional honours that have been confirmed on Pelly, and congratulating him on them as well as discussing Pelly's recent work (in Aghanistan) and regarding Aitchison's opinion that the policy being pursued there is a bad one.
The letter goes on to discuss attempts at meeting up, informs Pelly that their house in Edinburgh is closed up until October but that he will be passing through London in early September and suggests they could meet up then, or that he could wait until October and pay his wife and children a visit then.
The letter also discusses Aitchison's reservations at returning to India as so much has changed since he was last there and he is less keen on the changes and policies being introduced.
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- 2 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 67-68
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- 10 Aug 1877 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/4, ff 67-68
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- Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Hotel Metropolw, Schwalbach, Germany to Lewis Pelly
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- 67r:68v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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