1786 Memoirs Relative to the State of India

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Scarce

A scarce early edition of this work, published in the same year as the first. A 'New Edition, with Additions', this was first published in 1786 with the title: 'Mr. Hastings's review of the state of Bengal'.

Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.

The memoir of Warren Hastings, who served as the first Governor-General of Bengal from 1773 to 1785 and was a key figure in the early administration of British India. 

ESTC T200084, with no catchword at the foot of page 196.

With two advertisement leaves to the rear.

Hastings uses the volume to justify British policy in their governance of India, justifying his own actions concerning revenue collection, military campaigns, and interactions with Indian rulers

He was impeached in House of Commons for alleged crimes in India, including embezzlement, extortion and coercion. The trial began in 1788, and lasted 148 days over the course of seven years. He was ultimately acquitted in 1795.