Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar
Date:
1854/1862
Description:
Abstract: File containing journals kept by Lewis Pelly during his early career in India. The journals include a recollection, written in 1854, of a post monsoon journey from Kurrachee [Karachi] to Bombay in 1842; journeys taken in India in 1855 to mark his thirtieth birthday; an excursion to visit a tomb in Roree [Rohri] in 1854; a journey to visit the Sohailee [Swahili] Sultan in Zanzibar in 1862; and a general journal recounting daily events in 1854.Physical description: Foliation: The contents of the file have foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.