Certified copy of an official letter to the Governor and Council of Fort St George dated 1 February 1757.
Scope & Content:
The letter contains Colonel Adlercron and his regiment's posting home to England and directs the maintenance of a suitable force to protect Company possessions in India.
Extract from the Company's General Letter to Bengal dated 8 March 1758.
Scope & Content:
The letter congratulates Clive on his successes, announces his appointment as Governor of Fort William and announces the terms and impact of the Mir Jafar's grant to the Company.
Copies of extracts from General Letters to Bengal dated 13 March 1761 and 19 February 1766 concerning the remuneration of the Governor and the relative importance of the civil and military authorities in India.
Facts relating to the loss and recapture of Calcutta containing affirmations that the sums of money received by Clive and Admiral Watson from Mir Jafar were honourably and deservedly attained.
Scope & Content:
These include affirmations that the sums of money received by Clive and Admiral Watson from Mir Jafar were honourably and deservedly attained and that therefore they should be exempt from the resolution that all such acquisitions belong to the State.