A History of the Mahrattas v2.c53.20
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c53.20
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v2.c53.20
Before this representation was received, the mortal illness of the Marquis Cornwallis had rendered him incapable of attending to public business; and at his death, which happened (Oct. 5.) on the 5th October, the charge of the British Government in India devolved on the senior member of the Bengal council, Sir George Barlow.¹