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Debts of the Nawab of Arcot.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/318

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IOR/H/318
Title
Debts of the Nawab of Arcot.
Date
1784-1790
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(1) John Call to Henry Dundas. pp. 1-7, One not dated and one 2nd Nov. 1784 (Originals), Orders of the Board of Control and the Directors relative to Nawab's private debts; pp. 87-9, not dated; pp. 273-9, 7th Jan. 1789, Sending Table of Operations of 12 Lakhs [see (15) below], with, pp. 281-3, new proposals; pp. 335-65, 26th Jan. 1789. (2) pp. 9-34, Directors' Representation to Board of Control 2nd Nov. 1784, with Abstract of Nawab's Account with the Company. (3) pp. 37-45, Stephen Lushington to Directors 8th Dec. 1784 (? Original), Reasons for declining to sign the Despatch to Madras relative to the Nawab's Debts and the Assigned Revenue; pp. 49-64, Extract of Despatch 9th Dec. 1784. (4) pp. 67-83, Memorandum relative to the Private Debts of the Nawab of Arcot. (5) pp. 91-7, Nawab of Arcot's Debt to his Cavalry Officers, signed S. T. 4th Nov. 1785; pp. 99-102, Extract of Directors' Letter of 12th April 1786, Supply of horses to the Nawab of Arcot by Sir Henry Cosby and other officers. (6) pp. 105-9, Memorial to Directors by Philip Bromfield and Executors of John Maxwell Stone 3rd May 1786, Nawab's Bond for 6,119 Pagodas. (7) pp. 111-3, Committee of Nawab's Creditors to their London Agents, Madras, 23rd Aug. 1786, Remission of part of their money. (8) pp. 115-48, Despatch to Madras 14th Oct. 1786, Orders as to payment of Creditors; pp. 153-6, Nawab of Arcot to Governor 17th Nov. 1786, Payments to Cavalry Officers. (9) pp. 157-60, List of Nawab of Arcot's Unfunded Debts. (10) pp. 161-9, Letters and Notes from Francis Russell. (11) pp. 173-6, John Call to Directors 20th March 1787, Proposals for payment of Creditors for the Cavalry Loan and Consolidated Loan of 1777 through the Company. (12) pp. 177-83, Remarks on Court's Despatch directing enquiry as to justice of claims connected with the Old Consolidated Debt of 1767. (13) pp. 185-215, Report of Board's Solicitor [Francis Russell] on Creditors' complaints relative to retention by Madras Government of a certain proportion of the Fund, with Notes; pp. 217-55, 289-326, Report of Facts with remarks on Complaints of Private Creditors of the Nawab of Arcot. (14) pp. 257-60, Richard Smith and John Call to Directors 5th Jan. 1789, Criticism of certain paragraphs of Despatch of 20th Aug. 1788 as prejudicial to Creditors. (15) pp. 262-7, View of the actual operation of 12 lakhs of Pagodas distributed annually in payment of the Nawab of Arcot's debts under Court's Orders of 9th Dec. 1784, agreed to by all classes of Creditors. (16) pp. 269-372, 37th Section of Act passed in the 24th year of George III for regulating the Company's Affairs (Printed), Payment of the Nawab of Arcot's Creditors. (17) pp. 285-7, George Anderson to--n.d. (Original), with Extract of Madras Quick Stock, dated 30th April 1786, explanatory of the Nawab of Arcot's Debt; pp. 371-85, George Anderson to Governor John Hollond 27th Aug. to 25th Nov. 1789, Charges against the Nawab of disobedience, in collusion with the Madras Government, to the Company's Orders. (18) pp. 327-9, Extract of Lord Cornwallis' Minute 1788, Exchange value of Rupee and Pagoda in connection with remittances for payment of Nawab of Arcot's Debts. (19) pp. 331-4, Extract of Bengal Despatch 5th June 1788, Question between Creditors and Company as to prior rights of payment from the Fund. (20) pp. 367-8, William Wright to Francis Russell 22nd Jan. 1789, Amount of the Nawab of Arcot's Debt at time (28th Jan. 1785) of surrender of Assignment. (21) pp. 387-91, Memorial to Board of Control by George Dempster on account of his brother in-law, Col. George Barrington, 27th Feb. 1790, for recovery of loan to Nawab of Arcot, with covering letter to William Boulton Rous (Secretary to Board of Control). (22) pp. 396-429, Memorial to Directors from Richard Smith, John Call and John Fordyce, Agents for Creditors, 19th May 1790. (23) pp. 431-41, Nawab's Account with the Company.

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English
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