Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Bartle Frere
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 34v-35
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 22 Aug 1874. 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 Pelly's letter being written on his behalf by a friend owing to his recent eyesight problems; his having asked the Chief's in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] to supply specimens and samples for a museum and the loss of (Britain's) character in many people in India's eyes owing to former international exhibitions held there.
The letter has been crossed through and is incomplete.
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- 2 folios
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- 191 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/70
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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 F126/70, ff 34v-35
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- 22 Aug 1874 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/70, ff 34v-35
- Title
- Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Bartle Frere
- Pages
- 35r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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