Duplicate of the Select Committee Proceedings of 7 September 1765.
Scope & Content:
The deliberations concern relations with Shuja ud-Daula and includes copies of the treaty between Shuja ud-Daula and the Company and the grant of the diwani of Bengal, Bahar and Orissa and related firmaunds.
Duplicate copy of the Book of Consultations, Secret Department.
Scope & Content:
Minutes of four meetings of the Secret Department, Members: John Spencer, Charles Stafford Playdell, John Johnstone, Ralph Leycester, John Burdett and George Gray. The consultations relate to the consequences of the death of the Nawab of Bengal.