MADRAS IN THE OLDEN TIME:
BEING A
HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENCY
FROM
THE FIRST FOUNDATION TO THE GOVERNORSHIP
OF THOMAS PITT, GRANDFATHER OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM
1639-1702
COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS,
BY
J. TALBOYS WHEELER,
Author of the "Geography of Herodotus," &c. &c. and Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic at the Madras Presidency College.
MADRAS:
PRINTED FOR J. HIGGINBOTHAM, MOUNT ROAD,
BY GRAVES AND CO., SCOTTISH PRESS.
1861.