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... amount- ing in the whole to £ .630,000 sterling , or there- abouts ; alleging in excuse the rigorous demands of the East - India Company , for whose use the said extorted money had been demanded , and to which a considerable part of it ...
... amount- ing in the whole to £ .630,000 sterling , or there- abouts ; alleging in excuse the rigorous demands of the East - India Company , for whose use the said extorted money had been demanded , and to which a considerable part of it ...
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... amount of the rent of the said lands as an equivalent , and that equi- valent to such only , whose lands had been gua- rantied to them by the Company : but provided neither in the said pretended treaty , nor in any subsequent act , the ...
... amount of the rent of the said lands as an equivalent , and that equi- valent to such only , whose lands had been gua- rantied to them by the Company : but provided neither in the said pretended treaty , nor in any subsequent act , the ...
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... amount , at " which they stand rated on the books of the " Sircar . " XII . ) That the said Warren Hastings , instead of ex- pressing any disapprobation of the proceedings aforesaid in violation of the rights secured by treaty with the ...
... amount , at " which they stand rated on the books of the " Sircar . " XII . ) That the said Warren Hastings , instead of ex- pressing any disapprobation of the proceedings aforesaid in violation of the rights secured by treaty with the ...
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... amount of the Bond given by the Nabob to the Company for his balance of the year 1779-80 , and the said treasure " was taken from the most secret " recesses in the houses of the two eunuchs . " XXVII . That the Nabob continuing still ...
... amount of the Bond given by the Nabob to the Company for his balance of the year 1779-80 , and the said treasure " was taken from the most secret " recesses in the houses of the two eunuchs . " XXVII . That the Nabob continuing still ...
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... amount of what they were rated at in the general list of con fiscated estates ; and although the assistant Resi- dent Johnson did confess " that the object of dis- tressing the Bhow Begum was merely to obtain a 66- 66 Letter from Mr ...
... amount of what they were rated at in the general list of con fiscated estates ; and although the assistant Resi- dent Johnson did confess " that the object of dis- tressing the Bhow Begum was merely to obtain a 66- 66 Letter from Mr ...
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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.