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TITLE: Considerations on India Affairs
SUB TITLE: Particularly Respecting the present state of Bengal and its Dependencies
EDITION: 2nd
AUTHOR: William Bolts
PUBLISHER: J. Almon, P. Elmsley, and Brotherton and Sewell
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1772
BINDING: Full leather binding title in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on cover
NO.OF PAGES: pp xxiv + 228 + 184 + 1 B & W folding map
SIZE:
Height: 26.3 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 5 cm
William Bolts, c.1740-1808, was a merchant who was taken into the East India Company service in Calcutta. Like other civil servants he engaged in private trade, but was censured by the Court of Directors. He resigned to continue his trade, but was arrested anddeported to England. In this book Bolts attacks the system of English government in Bengal, and, in particular, the arbitrary powers of the authorities.
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