Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway, Foreign Office, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 154-160
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 16 Jan 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 enclosing copies of correspondence between Charles Umpherston Aitchison and the Maharaja of Puttiala [Patiala] (Mohindar Singh) in relation to the Maharaja's interference in Dholepore [Dholpur] affairs.
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- Letter from Mohindar Singh, Maharaja of Puttiala to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, 16 December 1873, regarding his sister's original wishes in regards to Dholepore and her new wishes as the original resolution and current administration were not working following the appointment of a Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. there.
- Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison to the Maharja of Puttiala, 12 January 1874, in response regarding the Viceroy's decision to appoint Major Thomas Dennehy as Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Dholepore and their hopes that the state would prosper under his guidance and that the young chief of Dholepore's education and welfare would also be well cared for.
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- 2 folios
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Conservation: The correspondence was original tied together with red & yellow wool, which was removed in order to enable the letters to be read, and has been placed in a plastic sleeve. The correspondence, and original wool tie have instead been placed in an acid-free paper folder to keep them together.
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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 F126/71, ff 154-160
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- 16 Jan 1874 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/71, ff 154-160
- Title
- Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway, Foreign Office, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly
- Pages
- 154r:160v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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