Manuscripts
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of Hastings letters
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- Description
- These letters were written to the Scottish advocate and Tory politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. The first four letters were written from London (to Henry Dundas) and deal with personal things as well as finding a position for a friend, etc. The last three letters were written from Calcutta (to Robert Dundas) and deal with the East India Company, Great Britain's interests in India, as well as British politicians in Calcutta. The other item is a list of pensions Hastings recommended to the "Lord Advocate."
- Production date
- 1804-1816.
- Call number
- mssHM 80771-80778
- Provenance
- Purchased from Sotheby's via Maggs, April 1959.
