Excerpt from The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C. B : Governor-General"s Agent N. W. Frontier, 1844-5, in Afghanistan and the Punjab; Compiled From His Papers and Those of Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge
The first two paragraphs of this work briefly explain the reasons which seemed to justify its publication. In the search for original documents which the task I had proposed to myself involved, a great quantity of material was collected, consisting of original despatches, letters, notes, and diaries of persons who had either taken part in the events described, or had held high office at the time.
The natural result of examination and selection from so great a mass of matter was that, as originally compiled, the work was on too large a scale. It had to be done over again so as to reduce its dimensions by a half. Though, in this process, much that was interesting to myself and to some of my friends has disappeared, I do not doubt that the book has gained substantially.
The confidence and kindness with which records of great importance were placed at my disposal deserve grateful acknowledgment; as also do the personal interest and trouble taken by many correspondents in answering references.
The letters, &c., are as far as possible transcribed as they were written, though occasionally the retention of expressions ambiguous or inelegant has resulted.
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