The memorandum outlines the causes of the war with Siraj ud-Daula and focuses particularly upon the reason for the loss of Calcutta and apportions blame. Some pagers have been cut off at the end of the document.
Conveyance made between Nicholas Barbon, of London, doctor and John Richbell, of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, painter.
Scope & Content:
The conveyance is for the lease of a house in Red Lion fields for 61 years. The rent is 8 shillings per foot of land every year after the first year. The house, yet to be built, is to be of three stories. The conveyance has been signed by Barbon.
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 ...
Draft and printed texts of "A Bill for the more effectually raising a Military Force for the Protection of the Settlements and Possessions of the East India Company".