Letters to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas on his Inconsistency as the Minister of India

anonymous ["Asiaticus", pseudonym of Scott-Waring, John (1747-1819)] [Waring, John Scott] [Scott, Major (John)]

Published by J. Debrett, London, 1792

About this Item

20x12cm, 152 pp, Minor rubbing to binding. Some foxing to text. Small chip to title corner. A stain to last page. Good. A contemporary name inked on title. Some soil to title-page. Small stain to side page-edge. Not listed in Library of Congress online catalogue. Not listed in Harvard University Hollis catalogue. Scott-Waring [brother of the orientalist Jonathan Scott (1754-1829)] served as an agent of Warren Hastings, entered service of the East India Company ca. 1766 & became a major in the Bengal division of forces; Commanded a battalion of Sepoys at Chanar, 1780, in 178 1 was sent as political agent by Warren Hastings " whose affairs he conducted with great industry & small judgment, and whose impeachment was probably due to his injudicious zeal in his behalf" [- Concise DNB] Recent [late 20th Century] binder's half-leather.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas on his Inconsistency as the Minister of India
• Publisher: J. Debrett, London
• Publication Date: 1792
• Binding: half-leather
• Seller catalogs:
  • Indian Colonial History