[EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; COTSFORD, Edward.

Letters to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the English East-India Company,

Name: Letters to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the English East-India Company,
Brand: [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; COTSFORD, Edward.
SKU: 123244
Price: 150.00 GBP
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Letters to the Honourable the Court of Directors of the English East-India Company,

on the appointment of a successor to Lord Macartney. With an Appendix.

Stock Code 123244

[London], 1784.

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Written by Edward Cotsford (1740-1810) bidding for the role of Governor of Madras following the impending replacement of Lord Macartney after he declined the governor-generalship of India. Macartney had successfully negotiated the Treaty of Mangalore with Tipu Sultan which saw the end of the Second Anglo-Mysore War in 1784.

Edward Cotsford had served in Madras since the age of 17, becoming Chief at Masulipatam, and was a frequent critic of the limitations of the governance of Madras. He returned to England with a considerable fortune and after failing to be considered for the Governorship turned to politics and was a staunch opponent of the Pitt administration.

First edition; 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm); modern quarter red morocco, gilt rolled red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red, a fine copy; [ii], 54 pp.

Pickett 1446.

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