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WARREN HASTINGS (1732-1818).
Autograph letter signed 'I am with the heartiest Affection, Dear Bogle Yrs. W. Hastings', to [George] Bogle, [1775]. giving his unqualified approval of Bogle's conduct as envoy of the East India Company to the Techu Lama of Tibet and of the outcome of Bogle's recently completed mission, stating that his clear intention in sending Bogle to Tibet was to achieve 'an open Communication of Trade between Tibbett & Bengal' and that his previous desire to obtain permission to establish English residents in Tibet had been abandoned, 'Whatever I might have thought of this Point, I am now better pleased w. having failed in it', thanking Bogle for sending him his journal 'which the world must have. Its merit shall not be lost where I can make it known', 2 pages, 4to, endorsement on integral leaf 'Warren Hastings Calcutta 10 July 1775 Rec & Ans'.
Hastings was appointed Governor of Bengal in 1772. After a minor war against Bhutan in 1772-73 which the British won, the Teshu Lama of Tibet opened a correspondence with Hastings. George Bogle (1746-81) was a Scot who had obtained an appointment in the East India Company service in 1769. He attracted the attention of Hastings who decided that Bogle's 'intelligence, assiduity, and exactness in affairs' and his 'coolness and moderation of temper' emminently suited him for the delicate mission to Tibet which Hastings had in mind. He was appointed in May 1774; his mission was successful and he established a warm relationship with the Teshu Lama. In praising Hasting's dealings with Tibet, Clements Markham wrote, 'a policy was established which was persistent and continuous, and at the same time cautious and conciliatory. With the retirement of the great statesman all this came to an end.' Hastings apparently sent a copy of Bogle's journal in Tibet to Samuel Johnson to obtain his opinion on its publication; Bogle's early death halted any plans to publish this journal and it was not until Markham's edition of Bogle's papers was published in 1876 that it became widely known.
Autograph letter signed 'I am with the heartiest Affection, Dear Bogle Yrs. W. Hastings', to [George] Bogle, [1775]. giving his unqualified approval of Bogle's conduct as envoy of the East India Company to the Techu Lama of Tibet and of the outcome of Bogle's recently completed mission, stating that his clear intention in sending Bogle to Tibet was to achieve 'an open Communication of Trade between Tibbett & Bengal' and that his previous desire to obtain permission to establish English residents in Tibet had been abandoned, 'Whatever I might have thought of this Point, I am now better pleased w. having failed in it', thanking Bogle for sending him his journal 'which the world must have. Its merit shall not be lost where I can make it known', 2 pages, 4to, endorsement on integral leaf 'Warren Hastings Calcutta 10 July 1775 Rec & Ans'.
Hastings was appointed Governor of Bengal in 1772. After a minor war against Bhutan in 1772-73 which the British won, the Teshu Lama of Tibet opened a correspondence with Hastings. George Bogle (1746-81) was a Scot who had obtained an appointment in the East India Company service in 1769. He attracted the attention of Hastings who decided that Bogle's 'intelligence, assiduity, and exactness in affairs' and his 'coolness and moderation of temper' emminently suited him for the delicate mission to Tibet which Hastings had in mind. He was appointed in May 1774; his mission was successful and he established a warm relationship with the Teshu Lama. In praising Hasting's dealings with Tibet, Clements Markham wrote, 'a policy was established which was persistent and continuous, and at the same time cautious and conciliatory. With the retirement of the great statesman all this came to an end.' Hastings apparently sent a copy of Bogle's journal in Tibet to Samuel Johnson to obtain his opinion on its publication; Bogle's early death halted any plans to publish this journal and it was not until Markham's edition of Bogle's papers was published in 1876 that it became widely known.