Debates of the House of Lords on the evidence delivered in the trial of Warren
Hastings Esquire; Proceedings of the East India Company in consequence
of his acquittal and testimonials of the British and native inhabitants of
India.
Hastings Esquire; Proceedings of the East India Company in consequence
of his acquittal and testimonials of the British and native inhabitants of
India.
Cambridge History of India - v5 - British India
.
containing reasons
against the revolution in favour of Meir Cossim Aly Chan. Sm. 4to. 1764.
Proceedings of the court-martial on Sir Robert Fletcher. n. d.
SCRAFTON, LUKE. Reflections on the government of Indostan. 1763.
--History of the administration of the leader in the Indian direction. Sm.
4to. [1764. ]
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VERELST, HARRY. Rise, progress and present state of the English Government
in Bengal. 4to. 1772.
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Bengal Past and Present. Calcutta, 1907-. ?
BEVERIDGE, HENRY. A comprehensive history of India civil, military, and social.
3 vols. 1867.
BURGESS, Dr. JAMES. The chronology of modern India. 1913.
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MARSHMAN, JOHN CLARK. History of India from the earliest period to the close
of Lord Dalhousie's administration. 3 vols. 1867.
Mill, JAMES. History of British India. 5th ed. With notes and continuation by
H. H. Wilson. 10 vols. 1858.
MUIR, RAMSAY. Making of British India. Manchester, 1915.
MUKHERJI, P. Indian constitutional documents. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Calcutta, 1918.
ROBERTS, P. E. India, 2 vols. Oxford, 1916-20.
STRACHEY, Sir JOHN. India. 1888.
THORNTON, EDWARD. History of the British Empire in India. 6 vols. 1841.
SPECIAL
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DODWELL, H. H. Dupleix and Clive. 1920.
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CHAPTERS X-XII and XVI-XVII
WARREN HASTINGS AND BENGAL, 1772-85
A. ORIGINAL SOURCES
MANUSCRIPT
In the India Office is a great mass of records dealing with the Hastings
period. Foster's Guide (especially pp. 42-7) should be consulted. In the Home
Miscellaneous Series, vols. 212-221 deal with Hastings' administration, and
vols. 228-234 with the Impeachment. The following. volumes in this series
also deal with the period: 115, 118, 119, 123, 139, 140, 162, 172-4, 227, 372, 555, 683,
Among other records for the period 1772-1785 are the Court Minutes (i. e. of
the. Court of Directors), 15 vols. ; the General Court Minutes (i. e. of the Court
of Proprietors), 4 vols. ; Letters Received from Bengal, 13 vols. ; Despatches to
Bengal, 8 vols. ; Bengal Public Consultations, 77 vols. ; Bengal Secret and
Military Consultations, 76 vols. ; Bengal Revenue Consultations, 93 vols. ; Bengal
Foreign Consultations, 6 vols. ; Calcutta Committee of Revenue Proceedings,
61 vols.
Duplicates of almost all the consultation volumes, similarly authenticated,
are to be found in the Imperial Record Office, Calcutta.
At the Public Record Office are preserved the original correspondence of
the Secretary of State (C. O. 77-24, 25, and 82, 83), but a great mass of further
correspondence of the Secretary of State occurs in the Home Miscellaneous
Series at the India Office (145-189). A great quantity of Lord North's East
India Correspondence will be found in the Treasury Papers (T 49-1 to 9).
Besides these there also occur in the Additional MSS three volumes of Robin-
son's correspondence with George III (37833-5); a volume of Clavering-
Francis letters (34287); and the Impey papers (16259-74). The Hastings MSS
form Additional MSS 28973-29236.
The private papers of Francis are lodged at the India Office. A volume of
Clavering-Francis correspondence forms Add. MS 34287.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
AITCHISON, Sir C. See p. 623 supra.
BOND, E. A. Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren
Hastings. 4 vols. 1859-61:
Calender of Persian Correspondence, 1772-5. Calcutta, 1925.
Debates of the House of Lords on the evidence delivered in the trial of Warren
Hastings Esquire; Proceedings of the East India Company in consequence
of his acquittal and testimonials of the British and native inhabitants of
India. . . . 1797.
DODWELL, H. H. Letters of Warren Hastings to Sir John Macpherson. 1927.
ELLIOT, Sir HENRY; and DowSON, JOHN. The history of India as told by its
own historians. Vol. VIII.
40
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History of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. 1796.
FORREST, G. W. (Sir). Selections from the Letters, Despatches, and other State
Papers preserved in the Foreign Department of the Government of India,
1772-85. 3 vols. Fol. Calcutta, 1890.
-Selections from the State Papers of the Governors-General of India.
Warren Hastings, 2 vols. Oxford, 1910.
GRIER, SYDNEY C. The letters of Warren Hastings to his wife. Edinburgh, 1905.
Journals of the House of Commons.
Journals of the House of Lords.
Minutes of the evidence taken at the trial of Warren Hastings. 11 vols. 1788-94.
NANDAKUMAR. The trial of Maha Raja Nandocomar, Bahader, for forgery. Sm.
4to. 1776.
NANDAKUMAR. The trial of Joseph Fowke, Francis Fowke, Maha Rajah Nundo-
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Esq. 1776.
Reports (1-1x) of the Select Committee on the Administration of Justice in
Bengal, Behar and Orissa. 1782-3.
SAYYID GHULAM HUSAIN KHAN. Siyar-al-mutakhkherin. Translated by Mustafa.
4 vols. Calcutta [1902. ]
TRACTS AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS
Answer of Philip Francis, Esq. , to the charges exhibited against him, General
Clavering, and Colonel Monson by Sir Elijah Impey, Kt. n. d.
Appeal from the hasty to the deliberative judgment of the people of England.
8vo. 1787.
BROOME, RALPH. A comparative review of the administration of Mr Hastings
and Mr. Dundas. n. d.
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1790.
CLIVE, LORD ROBERT. Lord Clive's Speech in the House of Commons, 30th
March, 1772, on the motion made for leave to bring in a bill, for the better
regulation of the affairs of the East India Company, and of their Servants
in India, and for the due Administration of Justice in Bengal. London. n. d.
Examination of public measures proposed in 1782 both in the House of Com-
mons and at the India House, as far as they concern W. Hastings, Esq. 1782.
Five letters from a free merchant in Bengal to Warren Hastings. 1783.
FOWKE, FRANCIS. Extracts from records at the East India House of proceedings
relative to -. 1782.
HAMILTON, C. An historical relation of the origin, progress, and final dissolu-
tion of the government of the Rohilla Afghans. 1787.
HASTINGS, WARREN. A narrative of the insurrection which happened in the
Zemeenadry of Banaris in the month of August 1781, and of the transac-
tions of the Governor-General in that district; with an appendix of au-
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HICKEY, WILLIAM. Memoirs, edited by Alfred Spencer. 4 vols. 1913-25.
HODGES, WILLIAM. Travels in India, during the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and
1783. London, 1793.
Letters of Albanicus to the people of England on the partiality and injustice of
the charges brought against Warren Hastings. 1786.
Letters of Detector on the reports of the Select Committees. 1782.
Letters from Simpkin the Second. . . containing a humble description of the
trial of Warren Hastings. 1789.
Letter to Governor Johnstone on Indian affairs. 1783.
MACKINTOSH, WILLIAM. Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. 2 vols. 1782.
MACKRABIE, A. Narrative of Nandkumer's execution. (Ap. Annual Reg. 1788.
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PRICE, JOSEPH. Some observations and remarks on a late publication entitled
“Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa". 1782.
-Vindication of General Richard Smith. 1783.
Proceedings at the India House relative to W. Hastings from May 29th to Nov-
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PULTENEY, W. The effects to be expected from the East India Bill upon the
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BEVERIDGE, H. The trial of Nanda Kumar. 1886.
BUSTEED, H. E. Echoes of old Calcutta. Calcutta, 1908.
GLEIG, G. R. Memoirs of Warren Hastings. 3 vols. 1841.
HASTINGS, G. W. Vindication of Warren Hastings. 8vo. Oxford, 1909.
IMPEY, ELIJAH BARWELL. Memoirs of Sir Elijah Impey. 1847.
LAWSON, Sir CHARLES. Private Life of Warren Hastings. 1911.
LYALL, Sir ALFRED. Life of Hastings. 1908.
MACPHERSON, W. C. Soldiering in India, 1764-87. 1928.
MANNERS, Lady VICTORIA, and WILLIAMSON, Dr. G. C. Life and work of John
Zoffany.
against the revolution in favour of Meir Cossim Aly Chan. Sm. 4to. 1764.
Proceedings of the court-martial on Sir Robert Fletcher. n. d.
SCRAFTON, LUKE. Reflections on the government of Indostan. 1763.
--History of the administration of the leader in the Indian direction. Sm.
4to. [1764. ]
STRACHÈY, H. Narrative of the Mutiny of the officers in Bengal. 1773.
VERELST, HARRY. Rise, progress and present state of the English Government
in Bengal. 4to. 1772.
[Watts, WILLIAM. ] Memoirs of the revolution in Bengal in the year 1757. 1760.
B. SECONDARY WORKS
GENERAL
AUBER, PETER. Rise and Progress of the British power in India. 2 vols. 1837.
Bengal Past and Present. Calcutta, 1907-. ?
BEVERIDGE, HENRY. A comprehensive history of India civil, military, and social.
3 vols. 1867.
BURGESS, Dr. JAMES. The chronology of modern India. 1913.
CURZON OF KEDLESTON, The Marquis. British Government in India. 2 vols. 1925.
JLBERT, Sir COURTENAY. The Government of India. 1915.
Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 1. Descriptive. Oxford, 1907. Vol. II. Historical.
1908.
Vol. II. Economic. 1908. Vol. IV. Administrative. 1907. Atlas.
LYALL, Sir ALFRED. Rise and expansion of the British dominion in India. 1919.
MARSHMAN, JOHN CLARK. History of India from the earliest period to the close
of Lord Dalhousie's administration. 3 vols. 1867.
Mill, JAMES. History of British India. 5th ed. With notes and continuation by
H. H. Wilson. 10 vols. 1858.
MUIR, RAMSAY. Making of British India. Manchester, 1915.
MUKHERJI, P. Indian constitutional documents. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Calcutta, 1918.
ROBERTS, P. E. India, 2 vols. Oxford, 1916-20.
STRACHEY, Sir JOHN. India. 1888.
THORNTON, EDWARD. History of the British Empire in India. 6 vols. 1841.
SPECIAL
BROOME, A. Rise and progress of the Bengal army. Calcutta. 1850.
DODWELL, H. H. Dupleix and Clive. 1920.
FORREST, Sir G. W. Life of Lord Clive. 2 vols. 1918.
GENTIL. Mémoires sur l'Indoustan. 1822.
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GHOSE, N. N. Memoirs of. . . Nubkissen. 1901.
HALLWARD, N. L. William Bolts. 1920.
HILL, S. C. Major-General Claud Martin. 1901.
-Three Frenchmen in Bengal. . 1903.
-Major Randfurlie Knox Dilawar Jang Bahadur. 1917.
HYDE, H. B. The Parish of Bengal. 1899.
-The parochial annals of Bengal. 1901.
KLERK DE REUS, G. C. "De expeditie naar Bengale. " (De Indische Gids, 1889. )
MALCOLM, Sir JOHN. Life of Robert Lord Clive. 3 vols. 1836.
MALLESON, Col. G. B. Lord Clive. 1907.
ORME, ROBERT. Military transactions of the British nation in Indostan. 3 vols.
CHAPTERS X-XII and XVI-XVII
WARREN HASTINGS AND BENGAL, 1772-85
A. ORIGINAL SOURCES
MANUSCRIPT
In the India Office is a great mass of records dealing with the Hastings
period. Foster's Guide (especially pp. 42-7) should be consulted. In the Home
Miscellaneous Series, vols. 212-221 deal with Hastings' administration, and
vols. 228-234 with the Impeachment. The following. volumes in this series
also deal with the period: 115, 118, 119, 123, 139, 140, 162, 172-4, 227, 372, 555, 683,
Among other records for the period 1772-1785 are the Court Minutes (i. e. of
the. Court of Directors), 15 vols. ; the General Court Minutes (i. e. of the Court
of Proprietors), 4 vols. ; Letters Received from Bengal, 13 vols. ; Despatches to
Bengal, 8 vols. ; Bengal Public Consultations, 77 vols. ; Bengal Secret and
Military Consultations, 76 vols. ; Bengal Revenue Consultations, 93 vols. ; Bengal
Foreign Consultations, 6 vols. ; Calcutta Committee of Revenue Proceedings,
61 vols.
Duplicates of almost all the consultation volumes, similarly authenticated,
are to be found in the Imperial Record Office, Calcutta.
At the Public Record Office are preserved the original correspondence of
the Secretary of State (C. O. 77-24, 25, and 82, 83), but a great mass of further
correspondence of the Secretary of State occurs in the Home Miscellaneous
Series at the India Office (145-189). A great quantity of Lord North's East
India Correspondence will be found in the Treasury Papers (T 49-1 to 9).
Besides these there also occur in the Additional MSS three volumes of Robin-
son's correspondence with George III (37833-5); a volume of Clavering-
Francis letters (34287); and the Impey papers (16259-74). The Hastings MSS
form Additional MSS 28973-29236.
The private papers of Francis are lodged at the India Office. A volume of
Clavering-Francis correspondence forms Add. MS 34287.
PRINTED DOCUMENTS
AITCHISON, Sir C. See p. 623 supra.
BOND, E. A. Speeches of the Managers and Counsel in the Trial of Warren
Hastings. 4 vols. 1859-61:
Calender of Persian Correspondence, 1772-5. Calcutta, 1925.
Debates of the House of Lords on the evidence delivered in the trial of Warren
Hastings Esquire; Proceedings of the East India Company in consequence
of his acquittal and testimonials of the British and native inhabitants of
India. . . . 1797.
DODWELL, H. H. Letters of Warren Hastings to Sir John Macpherson. 1927.
ELLIOT, Sir HENRY; and DowSON, JOHN. The history of India as told by its
own historians. Vol. VIII.
40
## p. 626 (#654) ############################################
626
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hansard's Parliamentary History. Vol. VIII and following. 1812.
History of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq. 1796.
FORREST, G. W. (Sir). Selections from the Letters, Despatches, and other State
Papers preserved in the Foreign Department of the Government of India,
1772-85. 3 vols. Fol. Calcutta, 1890.
-Selections from the State Papers of the Governors-General of India.
Warren Hastings, 2 vols. Oxford, 1910.
GRIER, SYDNEY C. The letters of Warren Hastings to his wife. Edinburgh, 1905.
Journals of the House of Commons.
Journals of the House of Lords.
Minutes of the evidence taken at the trial of Warren Hastings. 11 vols. 1788-94.
NANDAKUMAR. The trial of Maha Raja Nandocomar, Bahader, for forgery. Sm.
4to. 1776.
NANDAKUMAR. The trial of Joseph Fowke, Francis Fowke, Maha Rajah Nundo-
comar and Roy Rada Churn, for a conspiracy against Warren Hastings
Esq. 1776.
Reports (1-1x) of the Select Committee on the Administration of Justice in
Bengal, Behar and Orissa. 1782-3.
SAYYID GHULAM HUSAIN KHAN. Siyar-al-mutakhkherin. Translated by Mustafa.
4 vols. Calcutta [1902. ]
TRACTS AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY WRITINGS
Answer of Philip Francis, Esq. , to the charges exhibited against him, General
Clavering, and Colonel Monson by Sir Elijah Impey, Kt. n. d.
Appeal from the hasty to the deliberative judgment of the people of England.
8vo. 1787.
BROOME, RALPH. A comparative review of the administration of Mr Hastings
and Mr. Dundas. n. d.
An elucidation of the articles of impeachment. . . against Warren Hastings.
1790.
CLIVE, LORD ROBERT. Lord Clive's Speech in the House of Commons, 30th
March, 1772, on the motion made for leave to bring in a bill, for the better
regulation of the affairs of the East India Company, and of their Servants
in India, and for the due Administration of Justice in Bengal. London. n. d.
Examination of public measures proposed in 1782 both in the House of Com-
mons and at the India House, as far as they concern W. Hastings, Esq. 1782.
Five letters from a free merchant in Bengal to Warren Hastings. 1783.
FOWKE, FRANCIS. Extracts from records at the East India House of proceedings
relative to -. 1782.
HAMILTON, C. An historical relation of the origin, progress, and final dissolu-
tion of the government of the Rohilla Afghans. 1787.
HASTINGS, WARREN. A narrative of the insurrection which happened in the
Zemeenadry of Banaris in the month of August 1781, and of the transac-
tions of the Governor-General in that district; with an appendix of au-
thentic papers and affidavits. [1782. ]
-Memoirs relative to the state of India. 1786.
-Review of the state of Bengal. 1786.
HICKEY, WILLIAM. Memoirs, edited by Alfred Spencer. 4 vols. 1913-25.
HODGES, WILLIAM. Travels in India, during the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and
1783. London, 1793.
Letters of Albanicus to the people of England on the partiality and injustice of
the charges brought against Warren Hastings. 1786.
Letters of Detector on the reports of the Select Committees. 1782.
Letters from Simpkin the Second. . . containing a humble description of the
trial of Warren Hastings. 1789.
Letter to Governor Johnstone on Indian affairs. 1783.
MACKINTOSH, WILLIAM. Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. 2 vols. 1782.
MACKRABIE, A. Narrative of Nandkumer's execution. (Ap. Annual Reg. 1788.
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627
Hist. Part, p. 157. )
MACPHERSON, J. The history and management of the East India Company. 1779.
[MOIR, JOHN. ) Transactions in India 1756-1783. 1786.
MORRISON, JOHN. The advantages of an alliance with the Great Mogul. 1774.
PRICE, JOSEPH. Some observations and remarks on a late publication entitled
“Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa". 1782.
-Vindication of General Richard Smith. 1783.
Proceedings at the India House relative to W. Hastings from May 29th to Nov-
ember 1st, 1782. 1782.
PULTENEY, W. The effects to be expected from the East India Bill upon the
constitution of Great Britain. 1783.
Scott, Major JOHN. The conduct of H. M. 's ministers considered as it affected
the East India Company and Mr. Hastings. 1784.
SHERIDAN, R. B. A narrative statement of the 2 bills for the better government
of the British possessions in India brought into Parliament by Mr. Fox
and Mr. Pitt, with explanatory observations. 1788.
Short account of the resignation of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of
Bengal, in the year 1775. 1781.
THOMPSON, HENRY FREDERICK. Intrigues of a Nabob. 1780.
TIERNEY, G. The real situation of the East India Company. 1787.
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For general works see the list at p. 624 supra.
BEVERIDGE, H. The trial of Nanda Kumar. 1886.
BUSTEED, H. E. Echoes of old Calcutta. Calcutta, 1908.
GLEIG, G. R. Memoirs of Warren Hastings. 3 vols. 1841.
HASTINGS, G. W. Vindication of Warren Hastings. 8vo. Oxford, 1909.
IMPEY, ELIJAH BARWELL. Memoirs of Sir Elijah Impey. 1847.
LAWSON, Sir CHARLES. Private Life of Warren Hastings. 1911.
LYALL, Sir ALFRED. Life of Hastings. 1908.
MACPHERSON, W. C. Soldiering in India, 1764-87. 1928.
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