Warren HastingsChautauqua Press, 1886 - 183 pages |
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Page 179
... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Company had bound itself to pay near three hundred thousand pounds a year to the Great Mogul , as a mark of homage for the provinces which he had intrusted to their care ; and they had ceded ...
... thousand pounds a year to half that sum . The Company had bound itself to pay near three hundred thousand pounds a year to the Great Mogul , as a mark of homage for the provinces which he had intrusted to their care ; and they had ceded ...
Page 228
... thousand pounds . In 1779 , an equal sum was exacted . In 1780 , the demand was renewed . Cheyte Sing , in the hope of obtaining some indulgence , se- cretly offered the Governor - General a bribe of twenty thousand pounds . Hastings ...
... thousand pounds . In 1779 , an equal sum was exacted . In 1780 , the demand was renewed . Cheyte Sing , in the hope of obtaining some indulgence , se- cretly offered the Governor - General a bribe of twenty thousand pounds . Hastings ...
Page 284
... thousand pounds in adorning his seat . The general feeling both of the Directors and of the proprietors of the East India Com- pany was that he had great claims on them , that his services to them had been eminent , and that his ...
... thousand pounds in adorning his seat . The general feeling both of the Directors and of the proprietors of the East India Com- pany was that he had great claims on them , that his services to them had been eminent , and that his ...
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