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 PREFACE.

Annals of the East-India Company, from their Establishment in 1600, to the Union of the London and English East-India Coinpanies, in 1707-8 form a subordinate branch of the political and commercial History of England, and will unfold the rise and progress of the greatest commercial Association, which has appeared in any country, or in any age.

The evidence upon which this  Review of East-India Affair. has preserved, has been drawn from documents preserved among His Majesty's Archives, in the State-Paper Office, and from the Records of the Company, in the Indian Register Office; and, being printed under the authority of the Honorable Court