The Resident at Delhi, Archibald Seton, reports on the favourable effect of the Governor General's letter of 14 March 1808 on Akbar Shah and Prince Jahangir - the Company agree to meet the expense of decorating the principal audience hall in the palace of Delhi with hangings of scarlet cloth.
Randhir Singh, Raja of Bharatpur, and Bakhtawar Singh, Raja of Macheri [Alwar] object to the Company's proposals for settling their dispute regarding the embankment or 'band' in Alwar State.
Captain James Skinner, the former mercenary and Commander of Irregular Horse, is granted a jagir in Aligarh District in lieu of his pension (includes a description of the villages comprising the jagir).
Death of Bagh Singh, a Jagirdar of Panipat in the Assigned Territory west of the Jumna - the Company resume control of his lands - his heirs are granted a pension by way of compensation.
Conference at Delhi between the Resident, Archibald Seton, and Bal Makhund, the representative of both Holkar and the Raja of Jaipur [Jagat Singh] - Jagat Singh requests the renewal of his former alliance with the Company.
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Sep 1807-Sep 1808
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