Letter from Watts, Roger Drake, Richard Becher and J.Z. Holwell, writing on behalf of the Committee of Fort William to Clive.
Scope & Content:
The authors object to unspecified actions taken by the Committee of Fort St George. They also object to the powers granted to Clive and request that he should follow their plans and that copies of the administrative records for his army should be forwarded to them.
Extract from the Company's General Letter to Bengal dated 8 March 1758.
Scope & Content:
The letter congratulates Clive on his successes, announces his appointment as Governor of Fort William and announces the terms and impact of the Mir Jafar's grant to the Company.
Facts relating to the loss and recapture of Calcutta containing affirmations that the sums of money received by Clive and Admiral Watson from Mir Jafar were honourably and deservedly attained.
Scope & Content:
These include affirmations that the sums of money received by Clive and Admiral Watson from Mir Jafar were honourably and deservedly attained and that therefore they should be exempt from the resolution that all such acquisitions belong to the State.
Continuation of the evidence given by Clive adjourned from the previous day's sitting, Mss Eur G3711/1 ff.12-28.
Scope & Content:
The text notes the order that the Company must produce a full statement of the revenues and duties collected in Bengal from 1765 to the most recent records, along with copies of all letters from Clive to the Secret Committee.