The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 435
... Cornwallis acknowledged plainly his debt to them . Perhaps the chief of them was John Shore , chosen especially by the directors to supply the local knowledge which Cornwallis lacked . " The abilities of Mr Shore " , Cornwallis wrote a ...
... Cornwallis acknowledged plainly his debt to them . Perhaps the chief of them was John Shore , chosen especially by the directors to supply the local knowledge which Cornwallis lacked . " The abilities of Mr Shore " , Cornwallis wrote a ...
Page 441
... Cornwallis had justly received instruc- tions to simplify , to purify and to cheapen the administrative system . In a letter to Cornwallis of 12 April , 1786 , the Secret Committee pressed on him the urgency of removing abuses and ...
... Cornwallis had justly received instruc- tions to simplify , to purify and to cheapen the administrative system . In a letter to Cornwallis of 12 April , 1786 , the Secret Committee pressed on him the urgency of removing abuses and ...
Page 455
... CORNWALLIS CODE 455 peace " . Sir William Jones was preparing the way by his treatise on Indian laws . Cornwallis hoped that something would be done by the building up of a case - made law on the findings of judges of the courts . The ...
... CORNWALLIS CODE 455 peace " . Sir William Jones was preparing the way by his treatise on Indian laws . Cornwallis hoped that something would be done by the building up of a case - made law on the findings of judges of the courts . The ...
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