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Calendar of the Madras despatches, 1744-1755

Calendar of the Madras despatches, 1744-1755

Dodwell, Henry

Paperback

Indian & South Asian HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 935370846X
ISBN13: 9789353708467
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into the nerve-centre of British India, where decisions crossed oceans and lives changed on arrival. Paper trail of an empire. Calendar of the Madras despatches, 1744-1755 gathers Henry Dodwell's meticulous guide to communications flowing to and from the Madras Presidency in the tense years of mid-18th century India. Not a narrative but an archival dispatch calendar, it maps a vast colonial correspondence collection: who wrote, when, and what matters were at stake across administration, trade, security, and diplomacy. Drawing on East India Company records and the Fort St George archives, these entries point you directly to a primary source reference for eighteenth century Madras: negotiations with local powers, shifting alliances, and the pressures that fed the Carnatic Wars documents. For historians, genealogists, and students, it is a historical research tool that accelerates serious work; for curious readers, it offers a clear window onto the machinery of rule and British India diplomacy, without the barrier of dense transcription. Dodwell's ordering of letters, minutes, and enclosures creates a navigable chronology of Madras Presidency administration, letting you trace policy from boardroom to battlefield and back again, one dated note at a time. Ideal beside maps and memoirs too. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this academic history reference is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure, it belongs on the shelf of anyone who values documentary history and the hard evidence behind every sweeping textbook claim.

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