The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Francis left India in November , 1780 , and Hastings wrote in exultation : 2 In a word , I have power , and I will employ it , during the interval in which the credit of it shall last , to retrieve past misfortunes , to remove present ...
Francis left India in November , 1780 , and Hastings wrote in exultation : 2 In a word , I have power , and I will employ it , during the interval in which the credit of it shall last , to retrieve past misfortunes , to remove present ...
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The system of patronage , which you so justly reprobated " , wrote Shore to Hastings in 1787 , " and which you always found so grievous a tax , has been entirely subverted . " 1 Cornwallis put the matter to one of the directors very ...
The system of patronage , which you so justly reprobated " , wrote Shore to Hastings in 1787 , " and which you always found so grievous a tax , has been entirely subverted . " 1 Cornwallis put the matter to one of the directors very ...
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The emperor , Shah ' Alam , having quitted English protection at Allahabad for Maratha protection at Delhi , Hastings decided to stop payment of the Bengal tribute . " I think I may promise " , he wrote , " that no more payments will be ...
The emperor , Shah ' Alam , having quitted English protection at Allahabad for Maratha protection at Delhi , Hastings decided to stop payment of the Bengal tribute . " I think I may promise " , he wrote , " that no more payments will be ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
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