The memorandum outlines the causes of the war with Siraj ud-Daula and focuses particularly upon the reason for the loss of Calcutta and apportions blame. Some pagers have been cut off at the end of the document.
Conveyance made between Nicholas Barbon, of London, doctor and John Richbell, of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, painter.
Scope & Content:
The conveyance is for the lease of a house in Red Lion fields for 61 years. The rent is 8 shillings per foot of land every year after the first year. The house, yet to be built, is to be of three stories. The conveyance has been signed by Barbon.
Complete draft of a letter to the Court of Directors.
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the Inland Trade and the reform of Company practices. It is a compete version of the letter which exists in four copies in G37/15/7 ff.22-29. A note on the cover observes that the letter has been published.
Draft of a letter to the Proprietors of India Stock.
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the loss of Calcutta, the campaign against Siraj ud-Daula and Clive's estimate of the Company's profits resulting from the peace agreed with Mir Jafar.