"Extract from Bolts's Book Petition to the Court of Directors".
Scope & Content:
The extract is part of a petition concerning the prohibition issued by the Governor and Council of Calcutta forbidding Armenians, Portuguese and their descendants from trading out of Bengal and other provinces. The extract may be from Bolt's book "Considerations on India Affairs".
"Copy of the Articles of Agreement sent by Colonel Clive to William Watts Esq. May 2d 1757".
Scope & Content:
Nine articles are enumerated, including provision for French captives, restitution for the loss of Calcutta and the extension of Calcutta's boundaries, the grant of a tract of land to the company, and the creation of a post of Envoy at the Nawab's court.
"Agreements between the East-India Company and the Right Hon.ble Lord Clive respecting the Military Fund".
Scope & Content:
The document comprises copies of the indenture which delineated the foundation of Clive's fund, making provision for injured members of the Company army, their widows and children; the general regulations for transacting the business of the fund and instructions for the pensioners.
Copies of General Monckton's recommendation of Lieutenant Robert Williams and a memorial from Williams to the Company requesting a company in the Company's army.
Scope & Content:
Williams' previous service had been in the King's army; he includes a brief list of the engagements in which he had been involved.
The answer is made to various questions posed by Henry Vansittart concerning transactions with "the Nabob" and powers assumed by the President. A note states that the text was published in Bengal Transactions.