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... Letters , from her Excellency the Bhow Begum to Mr. Bristow , Resident at the Vizier's Court ; - from Colonel Hannay to Jewar Ally Cawn and Bahar Ally Cawn : -Address from Colonel Hannay to the Begum ; -from Mr. Gordon to the Begum : - ...
... Letters , from her Excellency the Bhow Begum to Mr. Bristow , Resident at the Vizier's Court ; - from Colonel Hannay to Jewar Ally Cawn and Bahar Ally Cawn : -Address from Colonel Hannay to the Begum ; -from Mr. Gordon to the Begum : - ...
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... letters aforesaid , in a letter of 6th December 1781 , that is to say , " Finding the " Nabob wavering in his determination about the resumption of the Jaghires , I this day , in pre- 66 sence of and with the minister's concurrence ...
... letters aforesaid , in a letter of 6th December 1781 , that is to say , " Finding the " Nabob wavering in his determination about the resumption of the Jaghires , I this day , in pre- 66 sence of and with the minister's concurrence ...
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... letter of the 9th December 1781- " I " had the honour to address you on the 7th in- 66 stant , informing you of the conversation , which " had passed between the Nabob and me , on the subject of resuming the Jaghires , and the step I ...
... letter of the 9th December 1781- " I " had the honour to address you on the 7th in- 66 stant , informing you of the conversation , which " had passed between the Nabob and me , on the subject of resuming the Jaghires , and the step I ...
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... letter from Benares of the 25th December 1781 , did " express doubts of his ❝ firmness and activity , and above all ... letters letters written by the said Middleton to the said Warren 14 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
... letter from Benares of the 25th December 1781 , did " express doubts of his ❝ firmness and activity , and above all ... letters letters written by the said Middleton to the said Warren 14 ARTICLES OF CHARGE.
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Edmund Burke. letters written by the said Middleton to the said Warren Hastings , when they answer the purposes , which ... letter " in the form you seem to expect . I hope there , is is nothing in it , that may appear to you too 66 fi ...
Edmund Burke. letters written by the said Middleton to the said Warren Hastings , when they answer the purposes , which ... letter " in the form you seem to expect . I hope there , is is nothing in it , that may appear to you too 66 fi ...
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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.