A Return of part of the 2nd Brigade under the command of Colonel Richard Smith as mustered in cantonments at Bankipore.
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Signed by Colonel Richard Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Peach and Al Cobham, commissary to the 2nd Brigade. The return is subdivided into Black Cavalry, sepoys and infantry and includes a list of absent officers with the cause of their absence.
Letter to Margaret Clive from Elizabeth Reed, née Sellen.
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Dated at Islamabad, thanking her for Clive's favour to her husband and giving news of their establishment in Islamabad. A copy of her previous letter of 6 June 1762 is given on the first folio.
Copies of letters relating to Lord Clive's attornies John Walsh and George Clive from Valentine Morris and Thomas Wingfield regarding the purchase of the Monmouthshire estate and politics in Shrewsbury
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Letter to Valentine Morris from Lord Clive's attornies, John Walsh and George Clive, acknowledging receipt of his letter of 10 February 1768 and stating that his proposal is under consideration. Includes, on the same sheet, copies of correspondence relating to that proposal: Letter from Thomas W...
"The Outline of a Proposal by way of Petition to the Honourable House of Commons, suggesting the expedients from whence a Basis may be formed for an Agreement between the Public and the East India Company".
Incomplete draft text of a defence of Clive possibly intended for the house of Commons.
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The text may be in Clive's hand, however a note on the final folio states: "Remarks on attack made on Lord Clive in 1773 in House of Commons. This Paper of Sir H Strachey may be useful. J.M.".