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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)"

Goring by the Nabob in her apartments. The account is as follows.
Memorandum of Disbursements to English Gentlemen, from the
Nabob's Sircar, in the Bengal Year 1179.
+--------------------+
|Seal of Munny Begum,|
|Mother of the Nabob |
|Nudjuf ul Dowlah, |
|deceased. |
+--------------------+
To the Governor, Mr. Hastings, for an
entertainment 1,50,000
To Mr. Middleton, on account of an agreement
entered into by Baboo Begum 1,50,000
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Rupees 3,00,000

When this paper was delivered, the Governor-General moved that Mr.
Goring might be asked _how he came by it_, and _on what account this
partial selection was made by him_; also, that the Begum should be
desired _to explain the sum laid to his charge_, and that he should ask
_the Nabob or the Begum their reasons for delivering this separate
account_.


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