History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c40.77

v2.c40.77

During the Maratha incursions the English merchants of Balasore suffered much. In 1748 Mr. Kelsall, Resident at Balasore, reported that the Marathas had attacked the English factory at Balaramgarhi at the mouth of the Balasore river but that they had been driven off by the Nawāb's troops and pursued as far as Katak. He writes on the 25th February 1748, suggesting the running of the post by mounted postmen. In August of the same year Mr. Kelsall reports the Maratha attack at Balaramagarhi. Two years later in 1750 the same Mr. Kelsall complains that "Owing to the disturbances in the country he could not purchase any ready-money goods as the weavers or greater part of them have been obliged to abscond."²