A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.77

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of making over the island to the Moghuls or the Mahrattas. Keigwin’s management, however, in several respects merited commendation, particularly in having obtained from Sumbhajee not only a confirmation of the articles agreed to by Sivajee, but a grant for the establishment of factories at Cuddalore and Thevenapatam, an exemption from duties in the Carnatic, and the balance of compensation for losses sustained by the English at different places formerly plundered by the Mahrattas.¹