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'Testimonials to work of Lewis Pelly' [‎123r] (33/48)

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The record is made up of 24 folios. It was created in 11 Feb 1857-26 Aug 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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2. In reply, I am directed to state that the Viceroy and Governor-General in Council
has perused the report with great interest, and he instructs me to communicate to you his
entire approval of Colonel Felly's proceedings.
3. His Excellency in Council is of opinion that Colonel Pelly has conducted the whole
affair with great prudence, discretion, and courage, and he desires that the warm congratula
tions of the Government of India may be conveyed to that officer on his success.
4. His Excellency in Council likewise requests that the thanks of this Government
may be communicated to Captain Douglas, and to the other officers associated with Colonel
Felly, for their exertions on the occasion.
5. With reference to paragraph 55 of the report, His Excellency in Council sanctions
the proposal therein made, regarding the message of the officers for the time they were on
detached duty with the gun-boats, and requests that Colonel Pelly will state definitely the total
expenditure incurred on this account.
6. The Marine Department will be asked to take into consideration the question of the
survey of the Kateef and Bahrain reef channels, referred to in paragraph 54 of Colonel Felly's
report.
No. 3243 of 1870.
Political Department.
From
W. WEDDERBURN, Esq.,
Acting Secretary to Government,
Bombay,
To
T he POLITICAL RESIDENT A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Dated 17th October 1870.
Sir,
Rofcrring to your report on the trade between India and the Gulf of Persia and Oman,
dated 23rd April last, No. 86,34, I am directed to communicate to you the following observa
tions and order of the Government of India thereon-.

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Volume of printed and handwritten testimonials covering the period 1857 to 1873. The cover of the volume has a number of annotations in Pelly's handwriting including recording that this is his own copy of his testimonials dated 13 August 1873 and querying where certain recognitions are.

Some of the printed testimonials are copies of the volume of handwritten testimonials also included in the file.

The volume has been arranged according to positions held:

Assistant Commissionership in Sind (ff. 107-109):

Jagheer Commission (f. 110) - there are no testimonials under this heading.

Teheran [Tehran] Mission (ff. 111-113):

Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff. 116-125):

Handwritten testimonies - Sir Bartle Frere's Special Mission to Zanzibar and Muscat 1872 to 1873 (ff. 126-130):

  • Letter No. 1271P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 13 June 1873.
  • Letter from Granville (2nd Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary), Foreign Office, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 9 July 1873.
  • Extract from a letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Earl Granville, 30 June 1873.
  • Letter No. 5289 of 1873 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo, 26 August 1873.
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24 folios
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Binding: The volume was originally tied together with red and yellow thread, which has been removed for conservation purposes and placed at the back of the volume in a plastic sleeve. The plastic sleeve may cause a loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

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