So many and numerous are these calamities,
that I know not how much room it will take up to mention them. Mr.
Briscoe is at Darunghur; and the complaints of the aumils arrive
daily. I am silent. Now Mr. Middleton is coming here, let the Nabob
appoint him for settling all these affairs, that whatever he shall
order those gentlemen they will do. From this everything will be
settled, and the particulars of this quarter will be made known to
the Nabob. I have written this, which you will deliver to the
Governor, that everything may be settled; and when he has understood
it, whatever is his inclination, he will favor me with it. The Nabob
is master in this country, and is my friend; there is no
distinction."
_Copy of another Letter, entered upon the Consultation of the 4th of
June, 1781._
"I have received your letter, requesting leave for a battalion to be
raised by Captain Clark on the same footing as Major Osborne's was,
agreeable to the requests and complaints of Ishmael Beg, the aumil
of Allahabad, &c., and in compliance with the directions of the
Council. You are well acquainted with the particulars and
negotiation of Ishmael Beg, and the nature of Mr.
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