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∗ Earlier proposal of the Peshwā to the Resident, in *Asiatic Annual Register for 1804*, State Papers, pp. 68-70 (secret midnight interview with Resident Close on 17 April 1802). Proposal of 25 Oct. *Ibid.* p. 79. Marquis Wellesley’s reply, *Ibid.* p. 80. He insists on the Peshwā making himself a British vassal (like the Nawāb Wazir and the Nizām) and objects to the proposal of a mere defensive alliance as between equals. He carried this point at Bassein. For Treaty of Bassein, full text in *Wellesley Despatches*, iii. 627-631. *As. An. Register for 1803*, State Papers, pp. 7-13.