Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, Vol. 1 of 3 I have been induced to publish the following volumes from a conviction that the documents contained in them would not only illustrate the character of Lord Cornwallis, but would also throw much light upon the history of his times. His military and political career extends from 1776 to 1805, and embraces many most important events. He was engaged in the American War from 1776 to 1781, and during the last two years held an independent command in the only quarter where active operations were carried on. He was twice Governor-General of India. During his first administration, which lasted from 1786 to 1793, he was engaged for upwards of two years in the Mysore war, and promulgated his revenue, judicial, and police regulations, which, with some modifications, are still in force throughout the Presidency of Bengal. To him was entrusted the duty of effecting that most important but difficult measure - the Union between Great Britain and Ireland; and a little later he was charged with the task of restoring tranquillity to Europe by completing the peace of Amiens. Even if the limits to which a preface must be confined permitted me, I should not be disposed here to discuss the conduct and measures of Lord Cornwallis; nor, indeed, have I thought it fit to enter at all on that subject, but I have been satisfied with printing his own letters and despatches, with some of those addressed to him, either interesting in themselves or necessary to explain the context. To these I have added occasionally a few paragraphs or pages when the narrative appeared incomplete. The great length of many of the documents has compelled me to print in an Appendix most of the military despatches from America and India, and numerous other important letters and minutes. Among these will be found the details of the surrender of York Town, and the papers relating to the Zemindar settlement, which are peculiarly interesting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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