Copies of letters relating to Lord Clive's attornies John Walsh and George Clive from Valentine Morris and Thomas Wingfield regarding the purchase of the Monmouthshire estate and politics in Shrewsbury
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Letter to Valentine Morris from Lord Clive's attornies, John Walsh and George Clive, acknowledging receipt of his letter of 10 February 1768 and stating that his proposal is under consideration. Includes, on the same sheet, copies of correspondence relating to that proposal: Letter from Thomas W...
"The Outline of a Proposal by way of Petition to the Honourable House of Commons, suggesting the expedients from whence a Basis may be formed for an Agreement between the Public and the East India Company".
Incomplete draft text of a defence of Clive possibly intended for the house of Commons.
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The text may be in Clive's hand, however a note on the final folio states: "Remarks on attack made on Lord Clive in 1773 in House of Commons. This Paper of Sir H Strachey may be useful. J.M.".
Extract from the Minutes of a consultation held on 14 July 1766.
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A resolution was agreed that the warrant for Sir Robert Fletcher's court martial should issue from the Board not from Clive, lest Clive should be accused of prejudice against Fletcher.