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Ch. 51: The Piggott Diamond

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THE PIGOTT.
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that the crop sown during the Nabob's possession was his property; and that the alleged assignments of the Nabob to Benfield gave to his demands the character of public claims. The governor had strenuously opposed these conclusions ; but his opinion was dis­regarded.
" This struggle was succeeded by another. A British resident was to be appointed for Tanjore. Lord Pigott proposed Mr. Russell, a civil servant, the majority of the Board supported Colonel Stuart, second in command at Madras. The question was violently debated at several meetings, the governor refused his signature to the papers necessary to carry into effect the will of his opponents, and at length the latter determined to act without it. The governor was equally bent upon maintaining his own rights, and upon two members of the Board affixing their signatures to a paper to which his had been refused, he charged them with acting in a manner subversive of the authority of the government The persons constituting the former majority now seceded and having forwarded a protest against the conduct of Lord Pigott, assumed to themselves the right of the government. This was followed by the governor declaring all the refractory members suspended, and ordering Sir Robert Fletcher, the commander-in-chief, into arrest, for the purpose of being brought to trial by a court-martial.
" The adverse party followed the example of their chief with no slow nor indecisive steps. They de­termined to arrest him, and on August 24th, 1776, the Governor of Madras became the prisoner of
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