A History of the Mahrattas v1.c26.57

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twenty-four days after the departure of Mr. Spencer and Mr. Byfield from Poona; and the cession of ten villages, including Bancoote with the sovereignty of its river, to the East India Company, are the substance of eighteen articles of which the agreement consists. The Peishwa also consents to waive all claims on the Honourable Company up to the date of the treaty; to give Toolajee Angria no territory below the Ghauts; to settle an equivalent with the Seedee for one-fourth of the customs levied by him from the vessels in Bancoote river; and to exact no additional inland duties on English merchandize.¹