""A Letter to Edmund Burke, In Reply to the Insinuations in the Ninth Report of the Select Committee, Which Affect the Character of Mr. Hastings"" is a book written by Major John Scott in 1783. The book is a response to the ninth report of the select committee, which had made insinuations about the character of Mr. Hastings. Edmund Burke was a member of the select committee and a prominent politician in the British Parliament. The book is a defense...