Composite volume of papers relating mainly to the renewal of the Company's  ... 

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Composite volume of papers relating mainly to the renewal of the Company's charter in 1813. Includes reports by William Russell on the future administration of India; draft of royal letters patent relating to the administration of justice at Fort St George following a plan suggested by Lord Hobart; extracts from State Papers relating to the renewal of Company's charter by Oliver Cromwell; comparisons between clauses in charter of 1793 and those in draft bill of 1812; correspondence between the Court of Directors and the Earl of Buckinghamshire concerning amendments to the bill

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