Preface; 1. Narrative of the public life of Lord Macartney, containing some account of his mission to the court of St. Petersburg as Envoy Extraordinary; 2. Of his Secretaryship of Ireland; 3. Of his government of Grenada; 4. Of his government of Madras; 5. Of his appointment to the government-general of Bengal; 6. Of his embassy to the court of Pekin; 7. Of his government of the Cape of Good Hope; 8. Of his character and general characteristics; Appendix.
An 1807 biography of the distinguished British statesman George Macartney (1737–1806), including substantial selections from his own writings.
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