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Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to an undisclosed recipient [78r] (3/8)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 5 Sep 1867. 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 a prospectus which has been issued by the New Bank of Bombay and which lists shareholders eligible to purchase shares in the New Bank under the headings 'Europe, Persons resident up country, Residents in Bombay' and Pelly's objections that he has a right to buy shares as a shareholder in the old Bank of Bombay but does not fall under any of these headings.
The letter concludes by requesting that they clarify this situation with Messrs Remington who are acting on his behalf and asking whether any Judicial investigation will be undertaken into the reasons for the old Bank of Bombay's ruin.
The letter contains numerous crossings out in both ink and pencil and numerous amendments and changes written in pencil above each sentance.
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- Mss Eur F126/43, ff 77-80
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- Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to an undisclosed recipient
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- 77r:80v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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