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Considerations on India Affairs: critique of East India Company sovereignty and monopolies
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William Bolts's polemical treatise on East India Company governance in Bengal, examining monopolies, administrative corruption, revenue extraction, and the Company's transformation from merchant to sovereign. Bolts advocates for Parliamentary intervention to establish justice, free trade, and proper administration. Appendix includes Attorney-General opinions (1757) on Company war powers and plunder rights. Directly relevant to understanding the constitutional and commercial issues that informed the 1765 Isle of Man Revestment and broader debates on chartered company sovereignty.
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