A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives.

  • Edward Ives
Date:
1773
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Credit: A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1757- occafioned by the maintenance of the forces, I will give them one Crore of Rupees, [1,250000/.] V. For the effedls plundered from the Englijh inhabitants at Calcutta, I agree to give fifty Lack of Rupees, [625,000/.] VI. For the effedls plundered from the Gentcos, Moors and other inha¬ bitants of Calcutta, twenty lack of rupees fc\2L\\. be given, [250,000/.] VII. For the cffecls plundered from the Armenian inhabitants of Calcutta^ I will give the fum of feven lack of rupees, [87,500.] The diftribudon of the fums allotted to the Englijb, Gentoo, Moor and other inhabitants ot Cal¬ cutta, flaall be left to AdmiralColonel Roger D'rake, William Watts, James Kilpatrick and Richard Becher, Efquires, to be difpofed of by them, to whom they think proper. VIII. Within the ditch which furrounds the borders of Calcutta, are traffs of land belonging to feveral Zemindars befides thefe, I will grant to the Englijh company fix hundred yards without the ditch. IX. All the land lying fouth of Calcutta, as far as Culpee, fhall be under the Zemindary of the Englijb company; and all the officers of diofe parts fhall be under their jprifdiction. The revenues to be paid by the company in the fame manner as other Zemindars. X. . Whenever I demand the affifiance of the Englijh, I will be at the charge of the maintenance of their troops. XI. I will not ered any new fortifications near the river Ganges, below. Houghley. XII. As foon as, I am eflabliffied in the three provinces, the aforefaidr, fums fhall be faithfully paid. \ Dated the i ^th of the month Ramazan, {June 1757) in the fourth year of the prefent. reign^. On the 12th of June, advice was received'from Meer Jajf er and the other- confederates, that all things were in readinefs with them. The dye was caff;-,, and on. the 13th of the whole army marched forwards, and the colonel wrote to the Souhahdar the very day of his march, to the following purport*: That from his great reputation for juftice, and faithful obfervance of his word, he had been induced to make peace with him, and to pafs over the lofs of many crores of rupees fuftained by the Englijh in the capture^ of Calcutta', and to reft content with whatever he in his juftice and generofity fttould reftore to them : that his excellency had not thought fit to fet any value on tke friendfhip of the EngliJlj, but., had in every thing difeouraged 7 t