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8221. Mss Eur G37/76/2 ff.182-201

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/76/2 ff.182-201
Title:
Receipted and unreceipted bills for 1763-1766 and undated.
Scope & Content:
The accounts are for domestic expenses including food for a dinner party and materials for decorating a house.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1763-9 Nov 1766
Extent:
20 folios

8222. Mss Eur G37/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/1/14
Title:
Series of letters forming a journal created by J (or possibly F) Sturges.
Scope & Content:
The journal is written to 'dearest Sturges', her husband, who had been sent to India possibly linked to Clive's second term as Governor. The author dates from Warwick, though she is about to leave the locality at the end of the last entry, and on one occasion refers to herself in the third person...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1764-29 Oct 1764
Extent:
30 folios

8223. Mss Eur G37/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/4/4
Title:
Drafts of defences made by Clive to Parliament, the Court of Directors and possibly also the public
Scope & Content:
The majority of the texts are in his own handwriting. The drafts of Clive's parliamentary speech defending his own conduct in Bengal seem to have been made in tandem since both contain amendments which do not appear in the other copy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1772
Extent:
1 file containing 156 folios

8224. Mss Eur G37/12/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/12/15
Title:
News received from Shuja ud-Daula on 28 November and "the King", [perhaps Shah Alaam II?] on 3 December 1766.
Scope & Content:
Two copies. The news includes information about the delivery of prisoners, agreements with other authorities and military arrangements.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Dec] 1766
Extent:
1 file containing 5 folios

8225. Mss Eur G37/13/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/13/11
Title:
"The Declaration and Opinion of the President (Mr Vansittart) in council at Fort William".
Scope & Content:
The declaration concerns Mr Kasim's uprising. Vansittart also declares his intention of resigning his post once the uprising is quelled.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1763
Extent:
1 file containing 2 folios

8226. Mss Eur G37/15/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/16
Title:
Memorandum on the improvement of gunpowder, with a theory of the explosive effect of Fued Gunpowder.
Scope & Content:
The improvements are predicated upon the use of the Parkinsonia plant rather than the gram plant, Lord Clive (presumably Edward, but possibly Robert) being credited as the first person to cultivate the former in India. The memorandum arose from experiments conducted on 14 April 1809. There is no ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 file containing 32 folios

8227. Mss Eur G37/16/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/16/15
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1771
Extent:
1 file containing 5 folios

8228. Mss Eur G37/17/27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/17/27
Title:
Text of a statement relating to the allocation of the money granted to the Select Committee by Mir Jafar.
Scope & Content:
The statement relates to money granted to Admiral Wilson, and the additional claims made by his heirs. It may be in Clive's hand, although it refers to Clive in the third person.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1770s]
Extent:
1 file containing 4 folios

8229. Mss Eur G37/17/35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/17/35
Title:
Declaration of a £2000 Trust between William Throgmorton Bromley Esq. of Bagington in Warwickshire and Edward Clive, Richard Clive, William Belcher and William Smith King.
Scope & Content:
The trust is to pay dividends to Edward Clive, Richard Clive, William Belcher and William Smith King in interest payments upon a sum of £1000 loaned by them, with any remainder to be paid to William Throgmorton Bromley.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1760
Extent:
1 file containing 1 folio

8230. Mss Eur G37/17/47

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/17/47
Title:
Letter to Clive from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge recommending their missionaries at Madras to his favour and protection.
Scope & Content:
The missionaries are named at the foot of the letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1764
Extent:
1 file containing 1 folio