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9311. Mss Eur G37/94/1 ff.13-14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/94/1 ff.13-14
Title:
Letter from Mary Mathews and Mary Cardell, mother and sister of the late Captain John Mathews.
Scope & Content:
Dated at London. Requesting Clive's assistance to establish what the value of Captain John Mathews' estate is in India and to obtain their share under his will.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1765
Extent:
2 folios

9312. Mss Eur G37/96/2 ff.1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/96/2 ff.1-2
Title:
Notes of discussions concerning a Parliamentary Bill affecting the Company and its administration of India.
Scope & Content:
The notes take the form of minutes of speeches made by Messrs. Orme, Ramsay, Johnstone, Colebrooke and Dempster. The subjects covered include the revenues of Bengal, a definition of Company and Imperial property and the impact of regulation of trade.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Early 1770s]
Extent:
2 folios

9313. Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.191-194

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.191-194
Title:
Minute by Clive about charges brought against him by the mutineers.
Scope & Content:
Probably a draft, as corrections have been made to the text.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
4 folios

9314. Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.52-61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.52-61
Title:
Notes and excerpts from minutes on various subjects.
Scope & Content:
These vary in length from two lines to a page. Some may have been intended for interpolation into a minute rather than having been extracted from one.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
10 folios

9315. Mss Eur G37/8/6 ff.1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/8/6 ff.1-2
Title:
Insurance for George Clive's goods sent from Fort St George to England aboard the man of war Argo commanded by Captain Affleck.
Scope & Content:
The insurers and their contributions are listed at the foot of the document.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1767
Extent:
2 folios

9316. Mss Eur G37/12/12 ff.4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/12/12 ff.4-5
Title:
Attested statement made before John Holme, Notary Public, of the shipping of two bulses of diamonds.
Scope & Content:
The stones were sent to England in the Earl of Elgin, Captain Thomas Cooke by the Hon. Harry Verelst.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1768
Extent:
2 folios

9317. Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.31-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.31-36
Title:
Draft of a letter to the Proprietors of India Stock.
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the loss of Calcutta, the campaign against Siraj ud-Daula and Clive's estimate of the Company's profits resulting from the peace agreed with Mir Jafar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s-1770s
Extent:
6 folios

9318. Mss Eur G37/17/32 ff.2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/17/32 ff.2-3
Title:
Copy of the case submitted for the opinion of the Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Solicitor General, with a copy of his opinion and that of Prime Sergeant Stannard.
Scope & Content:
The case concerns the private trading activities of a Company Servant, referred to only as 'A' and the changes to the Inland Trade instituted by Clive. Wedderburn's opinion is dated 23 May 1772.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770s
Extent:
2 folios

9319. Mss Eur G37/18/8 ff.9-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/18/8 ff.9-10
Title:
"List of Sundry Things belonging to the Rt Honourable Lord Clive in the India Warehouse". The list is subdivided in to 'prohibited' and 'non-prohibited' items and gives details of their sale.
Scope & Content:
A receipt for payments to Mr Watts and Captain Gardiner by Clive, Edmund Maskelyne and Henry Strachey is attached to the document.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767-1768
Extent:
2 folios

9320. Mss Eur G37/18/10 ff.8-9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/18/10 ff.8-9
Title:
Petition brought by Mahomet Nehall to the President (Robert Clive) and Council of Fort William.
Scope & Content:
A request for assistance against the threats and disruption caused by gomestahs which have caused his labourers to run away and thus left him unable to pay his rents to the Nawab. Signed by the petitioner in Persian.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Mid 1760s
Extent:
2 folios