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791. Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.1-2

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Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.1-2
Title:
Invoice for goods laden on board the ship Isabella and consigned to Mr John Pybus on John Holland and Robert Clive's joint account.
Scope & Content:
John Smallman is the Master of the ship. The goods include spices, opium and rice.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1750
Extent:
2 folios

792. Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.5-6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.5-6
Title:
Account of the expenses of Stringer Lawrence's Detachment of troops.
Scope & Content:
The account includes both regular expenses (mainly pay and animal feed) and extraordinary charges.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1752
Extent:
2 folios

793. Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.8-9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.8-9
Title:
Draft letter in Clive's handwriting answering a letter from Mr Drake dated 7 February 1757 listing the articles of the treaty sent by "the Nabob".
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Feb] 1757
Extent:
2 folios

794. Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.11-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.11-12
Title:
Page references marked "to be read".
Scope & Content:
The references are to excerpts from letters and possibly trial evidence relating to the acceptance of money by Company employees from Indian princes.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1760s]
Extent:
2 folios

795. Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.13-14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.13-14
Title:
Excerpts and page references from appendices to an unnamed report.
Scope & Content:
The extracts are mostly references to letters referring to the campaign against Siraj ud-Daula
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1760s]
Extent:
2 folios

796. Mss Eur G37/10/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/4
Title:
Petition to Roger Drake Esq. signed by 27 people requesting that neither Charles Manningham nor Mr Frankland shall be accepted as representatives of Calcutta in Madras in the aftermath of its loss.
Scope & Content:
The objection expressed is that since both men had left Calcutta before the retreat was agreed, they know little of the events on which they would be reporting.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1756
Extent:
1 file containing 2 folios

797. Mss Eur G37/10/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/5
Title:
Letters from Admiral Watson to Clive.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1757-30 Mar 1757
Extent:
1 file containing 33 folios

798. Mss Eur G37/10/5 ff.1-33

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Mss Eur G37/10/5 ff.1-33
Title:
Letters from Admiral Charles Watson to Clive.
Scope & Content:
The letters are mostly concerned with military liaison and arrangements for each other's support, most particularly in relation to the recapture of Chandernagore. The handwriting varies significantly between the letters, and some seem to be in a professional copyist's hand, although the signature...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1757-30 Mar 1757
Extent:
33 folios

799. Mss Eur G37/10/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/6
Title:
Letters concerning military intelligence and advice from William Watts.
Scope & Content:
Watts seems to have been based at or near the court of Mir Jafar in 1756-7; many of his letter either enclosed letters from the Nawab or refer to discussions with him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1756-18 Mar 1757
Extent:
1 file containing 32 folios

800. Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.1
Title:
Letter to an unspecified recipient, probably Clive.
Scope & Content:
Imparts military intelligence gleaned from a refugee from Calcutta.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1756
Extent:
1 folio