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Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly [36v] (2/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Jul 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, dated 2 July 1873 regarding a letter by Pelly's predecessor (Colonel John Cheape Brook) on the levying of Octroi taxes in the Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] cantonment and detailing the objections to this before requesting Pelly's advice on any ways in which the town can be separated from the cantonment in order to avoid difficulties.
A note below the letter, dated 20 July, records that a copy of the letter had been dispatched to Leslie Saunders.
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- Mss Eur F126/71, ff 36-37
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- Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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- 36r:37v
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