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...
Concerning insurance of diamonds. The letter is not dated but arrived on 21 August 1766. The ships mentioned as carrying Clive's diamonds left India in Mid March 1766.