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[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, Benares, to Dr Pilcher, thanking him for his letters of 24 and 25th and stating that he doesn't mind in the least 'Cameron's turning me out of this place' but he does feel been sent to Mirzapur instead of returning to Moradabad. He blames Pilcher for not letting him know in time to make representations to Government. 'You know from my interview with you in London how sensitive I feel in this matter'. Even Sir A Colvin allowed him return to Moradabad from furlough.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, Bengal Medical Service (on furlough), c/o Messrs Grindlay and Co, 55 Parliament St, London SW, to the Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, NWP and Oudh, referring to 2 memos forwarded to him. The first memo from the Chief Secretary to the Government NWP and Oudh, to the agent to the Lieutenant Governor for Rampur, records the Lieutenant Governor prohibiting the payment of 11,200 rupees by the Council of Regency, Rampur, to Freyer. Freyer argues strongly that the lakh was for services rendered up to August 1888 and not thereafter and that the 8,800 rupees he was to be paid for his attendance on the Rampur officials did not nearly cover the amount due. He calculated that the Rampur State should pay him 45,450 rupees. Freyer expresses his gratitude to the Lieutenant Governor for intimating in the second memo 'his intention of conferring on me a first class civil surgeoncy'.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, c/o Messrs Grindlay and Co, 55 Parliament St, London SW, to Dr J G Pilcher, [Inspector General Civil Hospitals, NWP and Oudh,] explaining the reasons for his request for an extension to his leave of a further 6 months from 18 Apr to 18 Oct 1894. He writes that he has been unwell and that he has been selected to represent India at the International Medical and Surgical Congress in Rome, which has been postponed until April. He does not want this extension of leave to interfere with the promise, given him by the Lieutenant Governor, of a first class civil surgeoncy on his return to India. He would like to be given the civil surgeoncy of Lucknow on the retirement of Dr Hooper in Dec 1894.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, c/o Messrs Grindlay and Co, 55 Parliament St, London SW, to [J G Pilcher] the Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, NWP and Oudh, asking him to obtain permission from the Government for a 6 month extension to his leave. He has only had one other 6 month period of leave to Europe in 18 years service and has been suffering from fever and congestion of the liver.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, c/o Messrs Grindlay and Co, 55 Parliament St, London SW, to [J G Pilcher] the Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, NWP and Oudh, in reply to the memo dated 7 Aug 1893 forwarding the Government's letter of 2 Aug 1893, he states that he thinks the Lieutenant Governor's decision a very harsh one but sees 'no course open to me but to bow to the decision of Government'.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, c/o Messrs Grindlay and Co, 55 Parliament St, London SW, to the President, Council of Regency, Rampur, asking him to place the 8,800 rupees alluded to in his memo of 6 May 1893 to Freyer's account at the Bank of Bengal.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, Civil Surgeon, Mirzapur, to the Chief Secretary to Government, NWP and Oudh, outlining his complaint about Dr Pilcher's treatment of him, in particular the accusation of selfishness and enclosing copies of their correspondence. He details the reasons why he did not want to leave Benares in a hurry and refers to his own ill health.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, Mirzapur, to Surgeon Col Pilcher, acknowledging his letter of 8th and enclosing copies of the letters of 1st and 2nd Feb which were 'enclosed in envelopes addressed in your own handwriting'. He has been 'very reluctantly compelled' to place the whole matter before Government. [Pilcher correspondence inscribed on back]

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, Mirzapur, to Surgeon Col Pilcher, Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, wondering why Pilcher should send him 2 almost identical letters and that he regrets having 'to take exception to the spirit and matter of these letters'. He objects to the introduction of the subject of his advancement 'which was in no way under discussion' and considers the phrase 'carping and discontent' a slur on his character. He asks Pilcher to withdraw the letters.

[Copy] letter from Peter Freyer, Mirzapur, to Surgeon Col Pilcher, Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, asking why he has had no reply to his letter of 11th . If the letters are not withdraw he will place the matter before the Government.