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Wellesley's Settlement of Mysore, 1799
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
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The defeat and settlement of Mysore was at once the first and the most dramatic of Wellesley's offensive measures during his Governor-Generalship. Aided by the prestige gained from this achievement, he set out to refashion the political framework of the Indian subcontinent.
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page 124 note 1 The most thorough treatment of this theme is that in the Mysore Gazeteer, ed. Rao, C. Hayavadana (Bangalore, 1930), vol. 2, part 4, pp. 2701–2712Google Scholar.
page 124 note 2 W.—Dundas 6 Jul. 1798 Despatches . . . of the Marquess Wellesley 5 vols. (London 1836–1837) ed. Martin, M. i, 80 at p. 91Google Scholar. Cited as Martin.
page 124 note 3 W.—Minute 12 Aug. 1798 Martin i. 159 at p. 205.
page 125 note 1 W. Kirkpatriok Mem. ? Jan. 1799 Wellesley Papers; British Museum Additional Manuscripts 13665 f. 79. Cited as A.Mss.
page 125 note 2 J. Webbe Mem. 4 Feb. 1799 A.Mss. 13665 f. 106.
page 125 note 3 J. Malcolm Mem. 24 Dec. 1798 A.Mss. 13665 f. 57; W. Petrie Mem. ? Feb. 1799 A.Mss. 37279 f. 171.
page 125 note 4 W.—Harris 22 Feb. 1799 Martin i, 454; 23 Feb. 1799 Martin i. 466. A copy of this second letter in A.Mss. 13668 f. 40 has written on it “Left in Colonel Wellesley's hands to be delivered if occasion should require and not otherwise”.
page 126 note 1 Harris—W. 22, 28 Apr. 1799 Martin i. 537, 560.
page 126 note 2 J. Webbe Mem. 4 Feb. 1799 A.Mss. 13665 f. 154.
page 126 note 3 W.—Harris 22 Feb. 1799 Martin i. 442 at p. 447.
page 127 note 1 J. Webbe Mem. 1 Apr. 1799 A.Mss 13665 f. 128.
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page 127 note 3 Harris—W. 13 May 1799 Martin ii. 7 at p. 9.
page 127 note 4 Arthur Wellesley—W. 23 May 1799 Supplementary Despatches of the Duke of Wellington (India) i. 219. Cited as Supplementary Despatches.
page 128 note 1 W.—Political Commission 20 May 1799 Martin ii. 10 at p. 12.
page 128 note 2 W.—Mem. 24 May 1799 A.Mss. 13674 f. 58.
page 128 note 3 W.—Secret Instructions 27 May 1799 A.Mss. 13674 f. 119, 125.
page 128 note 4 W. Kirkpatrick—W. 31 May 1799 A.Mss. 37279 f. 179 Draft Treaty f. 183.
page 129 note 1 W.—Commission 4 Jun. 1799 Martin ii. 18; W.—W. Kirkpatrick 5 Jun. 1799 Martin ii. 25.
page 129 note 2 W. Kirkpatrick—W. 3 Jun. 1799 A. Mss. 37279 f. 195; A. Read Mem. 14 Jun. 1799 A.Mss. 13667 f. 137. The Kantirai Pagoda, in which these revenue valuations are given, was worth about 7 shillings or Rs. 3·5, rather less than the Star Pagoda, the basic coinage of Madras Presidency.
page 130 note 1 J. Malcolm—W. 16 Jun. 1799 A.Mss. 13667 f. 31; W.—Commission 19 Jun. 1799 A.Mss. 13673 f. 10.
page 130 note 2 The Treaty, Martin ii 26 n.
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page 130 note 5 Commission—W. 19 Jun. 1799 A.Mss. 13671 p. 97.
page 131 note 1 Commission—W. 25 Jun. 1799 A.Mss. 13671 p. 153.
page 131 note 2 W. Kirkpatrick Draft Treaty clauses 11, 12, 14 enclosed in letter to W. 31 May 1799 A.Mss. 37279 f. 183.
page 131 note 3 W.—Commission 8 Jun. 1799 Martin ii. 43 at pp. 49–50.
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page 132 note 2 W. Kirkpatrick—Close 4 Sep. 1799 A.Mss 13669 f. 5.
page 132 note 3 3 W. Kirkpatrick—W. 27 Jun. 1799 A.Mss. 37279 f. 326.
page 132 note 4 J. Malcolm—Henry Wellesley 31 May 1799 A.Mas 13667 f. 75.