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Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly [20r] (7/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 13 Jun 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 regarding some papers, that were being sent separately, which the Viceroy wished Pelly to read before they met the following day.
The papers relate to the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Laing Mackeson in allowing his assistant surgeon to live with him in a state of drunkenness and of being a drunkard himself; as well as on the general state of Meywar [Mewār], the lack of inspections of the battalions there over the last two years and the steps being taken to address the matter.
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- Mss Eur F126/71, ff 17-20
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- Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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- 17r:20v
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