Suggestions for the agreement of terms between the Company and the House of Commons for the extension of the Company's trading charter.
Scope & Content:
Each proposal is numbered and in most cases a name has been written in the top left hand corner, it is unclear if this name is that of author or recipient. None has been annotated.
"Lord Clive's Speech in the House of Commons, 30 March 1772, on the Motion made for leave to bring in a Bill, for the better Regulations of the Affairs of the East India Company and of their Servants in India and for the due Administration of Justice in Bengal".
Scope & Content:
A manuscript note on the cover states that this printed speech was previously bound with other documents between 1776 and 1778, including a history of the Company, a defence of Lord Pigot and lists of petitions and other documents respecting the Supreme Court of Justice in Bengal, however these a...