The account gives the name of the ship the diamonds were sent in, the total value of each shipment and the sum total, all in rupees. This final total is then converted into Sterling.
Lists of invitations sent and guests attending dinners given by Clive on 16 and 17 March 1771.
Scope & Content:
All the guests are male. One list also includes the text of an invitation sent to Mr Purling, while on the reverse unexplained calculations have been written.
Letters and notices involving the Proprietors of East-India stock reflecting a partisan view of decisions affecting the operation of the company and its impact on stockholders.
"The Report of the Court of Directors made this day to the General Court of Proprietors of the East India Company, printed by Order of the said General Court".