Complete draft of a letter to the Court of Directors.
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the Inland Trade and the reform of Company practices. It is a compete version of the letter which exists in four copies in G37/15/7 ff.22-29. A note on the cover observes that the letter has been published.
Draft and fair copies of a letter to Pitt dated 1 January 1759.
Scope & Content:
Clive congratulates Pitt on his political success reports upon the situation in India and asks whether National support would be forthcoming if the Company should manage to gain control of India.
Copies of letters sent from Robert Clive to George Pigot and to Colonel Hastings.
Scope & Content:
Both letters are dated at Calcutta. The letter to Pigot is probably in the hand of a copyist, albeit with annotated amendments and an extensive postscript in Clive's hand. The letter to Hastings is entirely in Clive's hand. Both letters concern military matters, the one to Pigot refers to the sie...