[EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; STUART, Andrew.
A Letter to the Honourable Directors of the East-India Company,
A Letter to the Honourable Directors of the East-India Company,
from Andrew Stuart, esq; respecting the conduct of Brigadier-general James Stuart, at Madras.
Stock Code 123245
[London], 1778.
As soon as Pigot arrived in Madras he was at odds with the the majority of his council members. This resulted in a legal wrangle where Pigot tried to reinstate the lands of the Rajah of Tanjore without approval. He refused to sign documents in several highly strung meetings, and was eventually arrested by Brigadier-General James Stuart as ordered of a majority of the council, and died in captivity in 1777. This pamphlet was written by James Stuart's brother as a defence of his actions, for which he would eventually be pardoned in a court martial in 1780.
First edition; small 4to (24.5 x 19 cm); modern quarter red morocco, gilt rolled red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red, a fine copy; [ii], 83, vi pp.
Pickett 1137.
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