A History of the Mahrattas v2.c33.1

v2.c33.1

A.D. 1772.—The Court of Directors, in a dispatch to the Presidency of Bombay, of the 1st of April, 1772, directed that a resident envoy should be appointed to the Peishwa’s court; and Mr. Thomas Mostyn, of the Bombay Civil Service, who had formerly been at Poona, in the situation of assistant to Mr. Price’s mission, was selected by the Court of Directors for this important duty.