qtd. in
Clarke, Norma. Ambitious Heights. Routledge, 1990.
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United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ray Strachey | Richard Keigwin, a Cornishman, was a naval officer with the East India Company
and had a distinguished record when, together with other soldiers who had not been paid, he led a local rebellion against the... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Elizabeth Griffith | A lifetime of financial struggle for EG
and her husband was eased when her son made his fortune (or when as bibliographer James Raven
puts it, a nabob son brought home his Indian wealth... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Maria Jane Jewsbury | MJJ
had by now earned some money from her writing, but because of her deteriorating health she may perhaps have found the security of Fletcher
's certain and handsome income |
| Wealth and Poverty | Charlotte Smith | Distrusting his son, Richard meant his will to provide for the lives of his grandchildren, a reasonable expectation in view of the large fortune he had accumulated in the East India Company
and elsewhere. But... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Mary Lamb | Their father lost his primary job just as he was becoming too infirm (and disabled in one hand) to work as a butler in the Inner Temple. Their grandmother Mary Field
died four days after... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Mary Lamb | After a lifetime of financial anxiety, Charles had left to Mary, besides an annuity from the East India Company
, an estate of something between £1,500 and £2,000, so she wanted for nothing. In June... |
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