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Letter from Lewis Pelly to Barrow Helbert Ellis, Sukkur [5r] (3/20)
The record is made up of 10 folios. It was created in 19 Sep 1854. 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 the debate over whether to build a railway or a canal to link Kurrachee [Karachi] to the Indus which he and Ellis differ on, and detailing Pelly's reasoning behind his support of the canal proposal, including giving prospective costs for the movement of both people and goods by either Rail or Steam boat.
The letter also discusses Ellis's decision to return home to England; Pelly's attempts at understanding the dialect of the locals in Sindh and his desire to learn Persian; his recent work on a classification of soils, including observations on irrigation; and Pelly's opinions on the need to reintroduce wealth in India through sources other than agriculture.
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- 10 folios
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Binding: Folios eleven and twelve are additional sheets of paper which have been inserted in and attached to folio thirteen using three (possibly wax) seals.
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- Mss Eur F126/1, ff 4-13
- Title
- Letter from Lewis Pelly to Barrow Helbert Ellis, Sukkur
- Pages
- 4r:13v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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