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The Letters of Warren Hastings to his Wife. Transcribed in Full from the Originals in the British Museum. Introduced and Annotated by Sydney G. Grier

1905

The enforced retirement of the victor to the country and the discovery that the savings of his lifetime—less than his chief en'my had amassed in a five Cited by Thompson from the earliest edition."GENERAL INTRODUCTIC N. 3 Is' Indian career—:tad been exhausted by the expenses e 1* completed the reaction and the years that f4lowej Oerved only to raise Hastings higher in the egtirriatiokl of his c [...] The Berar territories extending to Cuttack separated Bengal from Madras and between Bengal and Bombay lay not only the Marathas but the dominions of Nizam Ali Soubah of the Deccan " reputed the most subtle politician in India since the death of Maharaja Nundocomar.1 Madras in like manner was separated from Bombay by a part of the Maratha dominions and the state of Drysore over which ruled [...] Why not sweep away the usurpation of the Paishwas—who merely played the part of mayors of the palace to the rois fain'ants of the house of Sivaji—and re-establish the royal line in the person of Mudaji thus setting up in the very heart of India a powerful kingdom owing its inception to the Company and bound to it by chains of gratitude ? This was in IIastings' mind when he despatched Elliot to N [...] In the pursuit of his great obj.ect Hastings wa_ endeavouring also to unite the princes of Rajputana—Udaipur Jodhpur and the rest— with the Company ggainst the Marathas but his efforts in this direction were baffled not only b3 the disgrace of Wargaon but by the general belief in the instability of his power—the result of Francis's past activities—and by the news of the British defeats in Am [...] Goddard's march to Surat which was triumphantly accomplished by the end of January 1779 assured the Governor-General that at last he had at his disposal a general on whom he could depend and to him he turned for the execution of the work needed at the moment — the conclusion of the Maratha war before the rest of the allies could make war universal.
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501
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United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.147252
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Frontmatter
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General Introduction
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Series I
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Series II
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Series III
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Concluding Chapter
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Appendices
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The Letters of Warren Hastings to his Wife. Errata and Additional Notes
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Index
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Backmatter
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