Project Gutenberg 2015-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 134 Miles, William Augustus 1817 Gracchus Neptune Miles, W. A. (William Augustus) Miles, W. (William) The Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question" by William Augustus Miles is a series of political essays written in the early 19th century. The work addresses the critical issue of the East India Company's exclusive trading rights and the political implications of their charter's possible renewal. Central to this discussion is the examination of the British Empire's interest in maintaining its position in India amidst a changing socio-economic landscape and the calls for broader public access to trade in the region. The opening of the text introduces a complex debate surrounding the East India Company's privileges as their charter approaches expiration. Gracchus presents arguments on the implications of renewing the company's exclusive trade rights, emphasizing the opinions of various stakeholders, including merchants from out-port cities who seek greater access to the lucrative India trade. The opening letters outline the critical economic principles at stake, the inherent power dynamics between the Company and the British government, and the public's role in these proceedings, ultimately questioning whether the Company’s fears about losing its privileged position are valid or a guise to protect its immediate interests. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 38.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. en India -- Politics and government -- 1765-1947 East India Company DS Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - British Category: Politics Category: Economics 181984 2025-06-20T05:25:00.763142 text/html 160405 2024-10-24T17:57:01 text/html 85242 2025-06-20T05:25:03.930111 application/epub+zip 86319 2025-06-20T05:25:01.279119 application/epub+zip 86318 2025-06-20T05:25:00.994118 application/epub+zip 153107 2025-06-20T05:25:06.169125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127140 2025-06-20T05:25:03.651109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127419 2022-09-22T14:25:50.730636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160503 2023-09-21T12:36:45.225397 text/plain 140615 2024-10-24T17:57:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16096 2025-06-20T05:25:06.314097 application/rdf+xml 7863 2025-06-20T05:25:01.069136 image/jpeg 1889 2025-06-20T05:25:01.030122 image/jpeg 81069 2025-06-20T05:25:00.781122 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia