Copies of letters sent to Clive from Bengal in September 1767.
Scope & Content:
All the copies are in the same handwriting. Authors include Francis Sykes, James Lister, T Motte, Charles Todd, John Call, Harry Verelst (a letter dated on 10 October 1767), John Chamier, James Archdekin, Richard Barker, John Cartier, Richard Barwell and Claud Russell.
Copy of a letter to Captain Billingham from Lieutenant Colonel Charles Tod dated 2 September 1767.
Scope & Content:
Dated at Trichinopoly, reporting on the military situation he has found. A copy of the same letter is enclosed with a letter to Clive from Harry Verelst dated 28 September 1767.