Copy of a draft letter to George Dudley, extensively amended with annotations in Clive's hand.
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A note states that the page contain drafts of letters to Dudley and Walsh, suggesting that either some pages are missing or that the same letter was also sent to Mr Walsh.
Accounts sent to Clive with a letter from his attorneys dated 19 February 1766.
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The accounts are sporadically dated and cover the period 1764-1765. The accounts include those of profit and loss on various accounts; income and outgoing expenses where the income is received from various named sources including India Stock, Clive's Irish and Shropshire estates and mortgages an...
List of papers prepared for Clive to take to the House of Commons.
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The list includes letters, extracts from letters, orders and resolutions made by the General Court and Select Committee, covering a period between 27 April 1764 and 12 January 1772.
"An Abstract of the Parliamentary Proceedings in regard to India".
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Each entry is dated and covers a period between 12 April 1771 and 15 June 1773. This seems to be a draft text since it has been extensively amended. Possibly in Clive's handwriting.
A history of the relations between British and Dutch subjects in the East Indies.
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The focus of the narrative is the campaign against Siraj ud-Daula, the rivalry between the two communities thereafter, culminating in the treaties of 1759.
Bond entered into by William Tryer of London, Commander of the ship Deptford for £2000 to be paid to Robert Clive.
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The condition of the bond being that the Deptford shall sail to the East Indies and return within 36 months, and that upon return £1250 shall be paid to Clive within 30 days of the ships arrival in the river Thames. Witnessed by Simson Levy.