This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1777 Excerpt: ...consent could be obtained. p Delays, respecting the admission of the troops to garrison Tanjore, I ever declared myself against; but that difficulty once removed, it was of no consequence, in my opinion, whether the country was delivered over to the Rajah a month sooner or a month later, further than related to the situation of the Rajah himself, and to the execution of the Company's orders by the Gentlemen appointed a Committee of Circuit, since they were not to leave the Presidency until the execution of the orders respecting Tanjore, -r In the 13th paragraph of Mr. Dalrymple's minute, he seems to lay great stress on the unanimous consent of the Board, " that it was proper " and necejj'ary for the President to go to Tanjore."n With respect to myself, I thought that measure neither proper or ne cessary, as will appear from the following minute which I had prepared in the beginning of March, and ssiewn to the President and other members long beforethe 25th, theday onwhich the resolution was taken, viz. Since the Nabob does not chuse to put his troops under our management in the manner, and upon the terms we have given the Company reason to hope he would do, and as the present situation of the Rajah of Tanjore appears to be inconsistent vith our orders from England by the Grenville, I am of opinion, that the officer commanding in Tanjore G. should be immediately direSied-f to make the Rajah acquainted with the Company's orders; and to explain to the Rajah, that the force we require him to assign a part of the Tanjore revenues to pay, is twenty squadrons of cavalry, consisting of 200 native troops each; three battalions of native infantry, of 700 each; and three Companies of European artillery, of 100 each. This is the force I would prescribe to...