TO 
THE HON. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS 
OF THE 
EAST INDIA COMPANY, 
SIR STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, BART. CHAIRMAN, 
DAVID SCOTT, ESO. DEPUTY, 
SIR FRANCIS BARING, BART. 
JACOB BOSANOUET, ESO. 
JOSEPH COTTON, ESO. 
ARCH. MONTGOMERY CAMPBELL, ESO. 
SIR LIONEL DARELL, BART. 
WILLIAM DEVAYNES, ESO. 
THOMAS FITZHUGH, ESO. 
SIMON FRASER, ESO. 
CHARLES GRANT, ESO. 
HUGH INGLIS, ESO. 
JAMES IRWIN, ESQ. 
P. LE MESURIER, ESQ. AND ALDERMAN. 
JOHN MANSHIP, ESQ. 
THOMAS THEOPH. METCALFE, ESQ. 
CHARLES MILLS, ESO. 
THOMAS PARRY, ESO. 
ABRAHAM ROBARTS, ESQ. 
JOHN ROBERTS, ESQ. 
GEORGE SMITH, ESO. 
GEORGE TATEM, ESO. 
ROBERT THORNTON, ESQ. 
JOHN TOWNSON, ESQ. 
THE FOLLOWING WORK, 
INTENDED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF 
THE COMPANY’S ESTABLISHMENTS IN INDIA, 
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY THEIR 
MOST OBEDIENT, AND 
MOST HUMBLE SERVANT, 
London, 
April 2 , 1 7 9 6. 
PATRICK RUSSELL, 
