Copies of letters sent from Robert Clive to George Pigot and to Colonel Hastings.
Scope & Content:
Both letters are dated at Calcutta. The letter to Pigot is probably in the hand of a copyist, albeit with annotated amendments and an extensive postscript in Clive's hand. The letter to Hastings is entirely in Clive's hand. Both letters concern military matters, the one to Pigot refers to the sie...
Duplicate copies of letters from Ray Suchet Roy to Ray Chaily Ram and from Colonel Smith to Ray Suchet Roy dated between 5 and 12 February 1766.
Scope & Content:
All the copies are in the same hand, which is similar to that which copied the correspondence sent with Smith's public letter to Clive of 10 February 1766 (Mss Eur G37/38/2 ff.33-36). It is unclear whether some of the texts are letters or if so to whom they were sent. The letters relate to negoti...
Copies of letters sent by Clive's attorneys on his behalf dated between 29 March and 28 April 1766.
Scope & Content:
The copies were probably made to be sent to Clive. They relate to various subjects, including the admittance of a candidate to the Clun Hospital and the Shrewsbury election.