Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre
Mss Eur F126/22, ff 142-143
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 28 Aug 1870. 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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Demi-official letter in which Merewether expresses his vexation at the course that Colonel Phayre has chosen to adopt and stating that he had patiently dealt with the Colonel's objections and mistaken views in the hope that he would eventually realise the errors he was making but that his latest manner towards Khelat [Kalāt], Captain Charles Henry Harrison and Merewether himself had resulted in him no longer being granted this patience.
The letter also discusses George William Macauley, whose assistance Colonel Phayre chose not to take advantage of resulting in Macauley leaving both the frontier and the service as he could do not good there with the Colonel; and Captain Robert Sandeman who Merewether considers to be most ignorant on Khelat affairs and whose support was a blind following of Colonel Phayre's ideas.
The letter concludes by informing the Colonel that all the papers in the matter have been sent on to the Government of Bomba.
A postscript to the letter requests that Colonel Phayre make some better arrangements in his administration as Merewether's office is also under-staffed and cannot cope with the copying of papers for the Colonel on top of their own work.
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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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- 28 Aug 1870 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/22, ff 142-143
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre
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- 143r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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