Letter by Warren Hastings to William Elphinstone, 27th July 1804
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Title
Letter by Warren Hastings to William Elphinstone, 27th July 1804
Number of Facsimile
284
Type
Letter
Date
27/07/1804
Language
English
Originator(s)
Warren Hastings
Recipient(s)
William Elphinstone
Transcription
Portugal street 27th July 1804
Sir,
Though I am not officially apprised of the resolution passed on wednesday last in my favour by the Court of Directors, yet as I know the substance of it, and well know also how much I am indebted to the active and generous part which you have taken in this business, from its commencement, through every process of it, which you have conducted, I beg you to accept my most grateful thanks. I regret that I cannot express my sense of the obligation which you have laid upon me by such words as could distinguish it from the formality of a common and unfelt acknowledgement; but I entreat you to credit their sincerity.
To the generous motives which have actuated you upon this occasion it will be gratifying to be assured, and I do, Sir, most truly assure you, that I am not only satisfied with the bounty granted to me by the Court, but that I should have been contented and thankful, had the term of the grant commenced with the present time, instead of its considerate extension to the period of the past year.
I have the honor to be with very great respect, Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant
Warren Hastings
The honble William Elphinstone
Sir,
Though I am not officially apprised of the resolution passed on wednesday last in my favour by the Court of Directors, yet as I know the substance of it, and well know also how much I am indebted to the active and generous part which you have taken in this business, from its commencement, through every process of it, which you have conducted, I beg you to accept my most grateful thanks. I regret that I cannot express my sense of the obligation which you have laid upon me by such words as could distinguish it from the formality of a common and unfelt acknowledgement; but I entreat you to credit their sincerity.
To the generous motives which have actuated you upon this occasion it will be gratifying to be assured, and I do, Sir, most truly assure you, that I am not only satisfied with the bounty granted to me by the Court, but that I should have been contented and thankful, had the term of the grant commenced with the present time, instead of its considerate extension to the period of the past year.
I have the honor to be with very great respect, Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant
Warren Hastings
The honble William Elphinstone
Size
158mm x 200mm
Number of copies held
116
Date recorded
08/06/2015
Citation
“Letter by Warren Hastings to William Elphinstone, 27th July 1804,” School of History, Classics and Archaeology Teaching Collections, accessed February 19, 2025, http://collections.shca.ed.ac.uk/items/show/287.