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Correspondence and administrative papers of James Stuart, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's forces based on Fort St George, Madras, March, 1783 : Manuscript 1783.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- India, Raj & Empire.
- India, Raj & Empire
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stuart, James, -1793--Correspondence.
- Stuart, James.
- Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli, Nawab of Mysore, 1753-1799.
- Tipu Sultan, Fath ʻAli.
- Sullivan, John, 1749-1839.
- Sullivan, John.
- Fullarton, Colonel (William), 1754-1808.
- Fullarton.
- Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.
- Macartney, George Macartney.
- Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818.
- Hastings, Warren.
- East India Company.
- Fort Saint George (Chennai, India).
- Chennai (India).
- Madras (India : Presidency).
- Thanjāvūr (India).
- Cuddalore (India).
- Vellore (India).
- Coromandel Coast (India).
- India--History--Mysore Wars, 1766-1799.
- India.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1783]
- Summary:
- Part of a series of manuscripts (NLS MSS. 8335-50) which contains correspondence and administrative papers, 1782-3, including drafts, copies and extracts, originally arranged in sixteen bundles by James Stuart. This original arrangement is undisturbed, each bundle forming one of the volumes of this series. The correspondence is between James Stuart, as Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's forces based on Fort St George (Madras), officials of the Company, and officers of the army; it concerns the day-to-day administration of the forces under Stuart's command, general administration of the Madras Presidency, and local politics.
- Notes:
- Includes a letter written to Lord George Macartney criticising his treatment of Mohammad Ali Khan Walahjah, the Nawab of Arcot and Macartney's assumption of the Nawab's revenues. This letter is signed by Warren Hastings, Sir Eyre Coote, John Macpherson and others (folios 259-262)
- AMDigital Reference: NLS MS.8337.
- Collection: Stuart Stevenson Papers
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2008. Digitized from a copy held by the National Library of Scotland.
- Description based on online resource (viewed August 16, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1394988799
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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