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Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison [126v] (10/12)
The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 9 Nov 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 explaining his intentions in submitting General John Dobrée Woollcombe's letter requesting siege guns for Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] in order to handle a situation at Futtehgurh [Fatehgarh] and that garrison artillery would not be required as well as outlining the possible scenarios where the weapons would be required.
Enclosed with the letter are copies of previous correspondence in relation to the matter:
- Letter from John Dobrée Woollcombe, Nusseerabad to Lewis Pelly, 20 October 1872 outlining what military capacity he did and did not have and recounting past instances where heavy artillery had been used and detailing what his requirements would be (ff 126-127).
- Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, 25 October 1873, sending him John Dobrée Woollcombe's unofficial letter of 20 October and supporting its conclusions as well as giving cases of his own where such weaponry would be required (ff 124-125).
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- Mss Eur F126/71, ff 122-127
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- Copy of a letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Agra to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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- 122r:127v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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