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... Resident at the Court of Oude , as his particular agent and repre- sentative , and rejecting the Resident appointed by the Company , and obtruding upon them a person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a ...
... Resident at the Court of Oude , as his particular agent and repre- sentative , and rejecting the Resident appointed by the Company , and obtruding upon them a person of his own choice , did from that time render him- self in a ...
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... Resident at the Court of Oude , of the 6th , 7th , and 9th of December 1781 , that no such discre- tion , as expressed in the treaty , was left , or in- tended to be left , with him the said Nabob ; but that the said article ought ...
... Resident at the Court of Oude , of the 6th , 7th , and 9th of December 1781 , that no such discre- tion , as expressed in the treaty , was left , or in- tended to be left , with him the said Nabob ; but that the said article ought ...
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... Resident to a completion of this barbarous act ; and well knowing that such an act would probably be re- sisted , did order him the said Resident to use the British troops under his direction for that purpose ; and did offer the ...
... Resident to a completion of this barbarous act ; and well knowing that such an act would probably be re- sisted , did order him the said Resident to use the British troops under his direction for that purpose ; and did offer the ...
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... Resident , not satisfied with the seizure of the estates and treasures of his parents aforesaid , although he the said Resident did confess that the princess mother " had declared , with apparent truth , that she had " delivered up the ...
... Resident , not satisfied with the seizure of the estates and treasures of his parents aforesaid , although he the said Resident did confess that the princess mother " had declared , with apparent truth , that she had " delivered up the ...
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... Resident had , of the small produce of the sales of a former payment made by her in that mode , he did refuse , and that in " his opinion it certainly would have amounted to " little or nothing ; " did proceed to extort another great ...
... Resident had , of the small produce of the sales of a former payment made by her in that mode , he did refuse , and that in " his opinion it certainly would have amounted to " little or nothing ; " did proceed to extort another great ...
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Page 37 - Sir, the Nabob having determined to inflict corporal punishment upon the prisoners under your guard, this is to desire that his officers, when they shall come, may have free access to the prisoners, and be permitted to do with them as they shall see proper.
Page 16 - ... due to the Company, he could better, and more expeditiously, effect that object by taking from his mother the treasures of his father, which he...
Page 453 - the governor-general and council are required and directed to pay due obedience to all such orders as they shall receive from the court of directors of the said united company...
Page 264 - Think of their numbers, think of their influence, and the enormous amount of their salaries, pensions, and emoluments! They were, you have heard, an intolerable burden on the revenues and authority of the Vizier ; and they exposed us to the envy and resentment of the whole country, by excluding the native servants and adherents of the prince from the just reward of their services and attachments.
Page 54 - I wish you had been present at the enlargement of the prisoners. The quivering lips, with the tears of joy stealing down the poor men's cheeks, was a scene truly affecting. LXVIII. " If the prayers of these poor men will avail, you will, at the LAST TEUMP ! be translated to the happiest regions in heaven.