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Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Coleshill, Warwickshire to Lewis Pelly [203r] (11/12)
The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 14 Aug 1858. 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 enquiring whether Pelly has been before the Commission on the reorganisation of the Indian Army which Merewether had been called to appear before and enquiring, if Pelly has been, as to the nature of the examination of the Commission.
The letter also discusses Bartle Frere's proceedings in India the preceding year [1857] and suggesting that Pelly could discuss them in his letters to the Spectator in order to enlighten the general public as to their existence before proceeding on a discussion of Frere's contribution to Indian affairs.
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- Mss Eur F126/1, ff 198-203
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- Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Coleshill, Warwickshire to Lewis Pelly
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- 198r:203v
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