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... Demand of Five Thousand Horse Treaty of Chunar - p . 481 . p . 492 . Consequences of the Treaty of Chunar p . 499 . Pecuniary Commutation of the stipulated Aid P. 504 . Full Vindication of Fyzoola Khân , by Major Palmer and Mr. Hastings ...
... Demand of Five Thousand Horse Treaty of Chunar - p . 481 . p . 492 . Consequences of the Treaty of Chunar p . 499 . Pecuniary Commutation of the stipulated Aid P. 504 . Full Vindication of Fyzoola Khân , by Major Palmer and Mr. Hastings ...
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... demands of the East - India Company , for whose use the said extorted money had been demanded , and to which a considerable part of it had been applied . VI . That the two female parents of the Nabob aforesaid were among the women of ...
... demands of the East - India Company , for whose use the said extorted money had been demanded , and to which a considerable part of it had been applied . VI . That the two female parents of the Nabob aforesaid were among the women of ...
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... demand of the Nabob of Oude on his parents for the last of the sums , which com- pleted the six hundred and thirty ... demands . or claims on them ; and , well knowing from whence all his claims and exactions had arisen , they demanded ...
... demand of the Nabob of Oude on his parents for the last of the sums , which com- pleted the six hundred and thirty ... demands . or claims on them ; and , well knowing from whence all his claims and exactions had arisen , they demanded ...
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... demands on them . And this false pretence of a legal demand was taken up and acted upon by the said Warren Hastings , without laying the said question on record before the Council - General , or giving notice to the persons to be ...
... demands on them . And this false pretence of a legal demand was taken up and acted upon by the said Warren Hastings , without laying the said question on record before the Council - General , or giving notice to the persons to be ...
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... demand a positive answer relative to the payment ; and , upon receiving from them a negative or " unsatisfactory reply , to inform them that , all " further negotiation being at an end , they must 66 66 prepare for their removal to ...
... demand a positive answer relative to the payment ; and , upon receiving from them a negative or " unsatisfactory reply , to inform them that , all " further negotiation being at an end , they must 66 66 prepare for their removal to ...
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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.