Memorials of the Indian Government; being a selection from the papers. Edited by John William Kaye.

Edité par London: Richard Bentley, 1853

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First edition, an exceptional copy and scarce in the original cloth. Tucker (1771-1851) was "one of the ablest and most energetic Directors of the East India Company. And he left behind him a great mass of papers written by himself, partly of an official, partly of an unofficial character - a selection from which constitutes the present volume" (preface). Tucker sailed to Calcutta in 1786 and held a variety of clerical appointments before joining the Bengal civil service in 1792, where he drafted plans for establishing a bank (later realized in the Bank of Bengal). He served as accountant-general from 1801 to 1806, when he was convicted for the attempted rape of a former colleague's wife, though the affair had remarkably little effect on his career. Following his release from a six-month prison sentence, he held a variety of further posts before leaving India permanently in 1815. "In 1826 Tucker was elected a director of the East India Company and, apart from the obligatory years of exclusion, remained on the court until his death in 1851, devoting great energy to issues of Indian administration. As a tory who had first served under the paternalistic reigns of Cornwallis and Wellesley, he spearheaded the conservative reaction to the radical anti-landlord revenue settlements of the 1830s and rallied support against the prolonged assault of missionaries and free-traders on the company's privileges. He also led the company's opposition to the annexation of Sind and the First Afghan War. In recognition of his application and remarkably broad experience, he was elected chairman of the company in 1834 and again in 1847" (ODNB). Included here are papers on administration, the military, revenues and resources, the judicial system, political relations (including those with Afghanistan and the annexation of Sindh), Hinduism and Christianity, finance, and a miscellaneous section dealing with, inter alia, roads in Bengal, slavery in India, and abkari (the tax on intoxicating liquor and drugs). Octavo. Original greyish brown combed cloth by Edmonds & Remnants (with their ticket), gilt-lettered spine decoratively stamped in blind, covers with broad ornamental panels and the Tucker arms in blind, reddish orange surface-paper endpapers. Contemporary bookseller's ticket of John Hall, North Shields. Spine sunned, a few light abrasions to covers. An unusually sharp, bright copy, largely unopened.…

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Memorials of the Indian Government; being a selection from the papers. Edited by John William Kaye.
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TUCKER, Henry St George.
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London: Richard Bentley, 1853
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