Selections, Vol. 1
| Preis: | 18.95 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
| Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Forrest, George W.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Selections, Vol. 1: From the Letters, Despatches, and Other State Papers, Preserved in the Bombay Secretariat The object of these volumes is to trace by means of the records deposited in the Bombay Secretariat the history of the Manithas from their founder Shivaji, who welded a few tribes into a great nation, to their defeat by the matchless genius of Wellington. From Arras to Assaye the story is told by the letters and narratives of the chief actors. These have been printed exactly as they are entered in the Secret Diaries. The only alteration has been in the spelling of the Native words. Great difficulty has been experienced in identifying the names of places and persons. Thus the name of Suvarndurg is written in the Diaries as Severmook, and the name of Samsher Bahadur, half brother of the Peshwa Nana, as Sumlia Prahaunder. Some of the papers regarding the First Maratha War have already appeared in print in a large folio printed by order of the House of Commons in 1806. They are now printed again both for the sake of the continuity of the narrative of the present series and because the folio is accessible to very few persons. It was also found on comparing the printed papers with the Records, that they were full of errors and inaccuracies, and in many cases owing to the way Native names were transcribed, unintelligible. After the papers relating to the Second Maratha War will be found thirty-two letters written by the Marquess Wellesley when Earl of Mornington. They were found among a bundle of old letters in the Record Office. These letters have been carefully collated with Mr. Martins Despatches, Minutes and Correspondence of the Marquess Wellesley, and Mr. Sidney Owens Selection from the Despatches, Treaties, and other papers of the Marquess Wellesley, and those which have not been printed are now given. The majority of the letters were written to Colonel Palmer and the Peshwa. One letter, though not dealing with Maratha affairs, is included for the importance and interest of the subject discussed. The Marquess Wellesley and his Council discuss the advantage to be gained by having an establishment at the port of Aden, and come to the conclusion that On the whole we are perfectly satisfied that the proposed measure is in no respect eligible. We therefore direct that the overture of the Sultan of Aden be declined in as conciliating terms as possible, and that the detachment under the command of Lieutenent-Colonel Murray be withdrawn from Aden with the least possible delay. It appearing from concurrent accounts that Perim, joined to some positive discouragements of a very serious nature, does not, in point of local situation, possess the advantages which were originally expected from it, we do not think it proper that it should again be occupied by British forces (p. 640). After the letters of the Marquess Wellesley follow a few letters written by the Duke of Wellington when he was Colonel Wellesley and was in chief command of the newly acquired Mysore territory. In the Bombay records there are a large number of letters written by the Duke, but the majority of them have been printed in the despatches edited by Colonel Gurwood. Those given in this volume are now printed for the first time. A vast number of bundles of letters remain to be examined, and it is quite possible that among them there are some more written by the Duke of Wellington. The first letter, written from Seringpatam, is dated 13th March 1800, and is addressed to the Secretary of the Government of Bombay. It announces that the troops in Kanara and Malabar have been directed to put themselves under the Dukes Command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
* Preis kann jetzt höher sein. Den aktuellen Stand und Informationen zu den Versandkosten finden sie auf der Homepage unseres Partners.
Folgende Produkte könnten dir ebenso gefallen
