Excerpt from Bengal Ms. Records, Vol. 1: A Selected List of Letters 14, 136, in the Board of Revenue, Calcutta, 1782-1807, With an Historical Dissertation and Analytical Index The Bengal records, however, still remained m favourite subject of study. With the help of assistant: I went through the earliest manuscripts preserved in th Board of Revenue, Calcutta, and noted down a list c letters illustrative of the District administratio from 1782 to 1812. The first letters of this lis dealing with the quarter of a century from 1782 to 180: are summarised in the four following volumes. Acknowledge my obligations to successive Lieutenan Governors of Bengal, Sir George Campbell, Sir Richar' Temple, Sir Rivers Thompson, Sir Steuart Bayley, arr especially to Sir Charles Elliot, for aid or encouragemet in the prosecution of the work. But I still more gratd fully record the assistance of my friends, Mr. Charle Dollman, whose promising career was cut short by 3 early death, and Babu Trailokya-nath Muhharji, wh has since won for himself distinction in the service c Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.