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... executed by the Nabob , and guarantied by John Bristow , Esquire , the Re- sident at Oude , under the authority , and with the express consent , of the said Warren Hastings and the Council - General , and , in consequence thereof , the ...
... executed by the Nabob , and guarantied by John Bristow , Esquire , the Re- sident at Oude , under the authority , and with the express consent , of the said Warren Hastings and the Council - General , and , in consequence thereof , the ...
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... execution or non - execution of the same wholly to his discretion , yet it appears , by several letters from Nathaniel Middleton , Esquire , the Resident at the Court of Oude , of the 6th , 7th , and 9th of December 1781 , that no such ...
... execution or non - execution of the same wholly to his discretion , yet it appears , by several letters from Nathaniel Middleton , Esquire , the Resident at the Court of Oude , of the 6th , 7th , and 9th of December 1781 , that no such ...
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... execution ; " but before they were all transcribed I received ( 6 a message from the Nabob , who had been in- " formed by the minister of the resolution I had " taken , entreating that I would withhold the Per- " wannahs until to ...
... execution ; " but before they were all transcribed I received ( 6 a message from the Nabob , who had been in- " formed by the minister of the resolution I had " taken , entreating that I would withhold the Per- " wannahs until to ...
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... execution of , the same ; and in his letter from Benares of the 25th December 1781 , did " express doubts of his ❝ firmness and activity , and above all , of his re- " collection of his instructions , and their import- " ance ; and ...
... execution of , the same ; and in his letter from Benares of the 25th December 1781 , did " express doubts of his ❝ firmness and activity , and above all , of his re- " collection of his instructions , and their import- " ance ; and ...
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... executed by him , was not meant to be fully and 66 literally enforced , but that it was necessary you " should have something to show on your side , as " the Company were deprived of a benefit without ( 6 a requital ; and upon the faith ...
... executed by him , was not meant to be fully and 66 literally enforced , but that it was necessary you " should have something to show on your side , as " the Company were deprived of a benefit without ( 6 a requital ; and upon the faith ...
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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.