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Letter from Colonel William Earle, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly [70v] (8/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 17 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 informing Pelly that Lord Northbrook would not be taking any action regarding the Meywar [Mewār] Bheel Corps until Major John Campbell Gunning's report had been submitted.
Also discussed is a letter received from Major Gunning regarding his appointment, and further correspondence with Major Charles Henry Clay regarding his impropriety in reflecting upon the Viceroy's appointment and exercise of patronage and stating that appointments in Mhairwarra [Merwāra] and Meywar were treated with differing circumstances and relied on Pelly's recommendations.
The letter also discusses Lord Northbrook's thoughts on the current arrangement of Corps within Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and informing him that Charles Umpherston Aitchison would be sending him a copy of a paper on the Corps written in 1870.
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Letter from Colonel William Earle, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly [70v] (8/8), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/71, ff 67-70, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023597582.0x00008d> [accessed 4 July 2026]
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- Mss Eur F126/71, ff 67-70
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- Letter from Colonel William Earle, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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- 67r:70v
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