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The business of the meetings centres upon correspondence with Mr Watts concerning a treaty with Mir Jafar, including discussion of terms suggested by Watts and the plan to deceive Omichund. Also included are copies of letters between Siraj ud-Daula and Monsieur Law. Endorsed "Appendix No 5.".
Copies of and extracts from documents relating to relations with the Dutch at Hughly.
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The documents extracted include letters and council minutes. Relations deteriorated as a result of rivalries between British and Dutch gomestahs. Some French.
Copies of letters sent to Adrian Bisdom and the Council at Hughly from the President and Council of Fort William.
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The letters document the sale of saltpetre to the Dutch and the decline in good relations between the two communities due to alleged insults and ill usage from the British gomestahs. Marked 'No 12'.
Copies of letters from the Council of Fort William to various recipients.
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The letters include one to Adrian Bisdom and the Council at Hughly concerning the supply of saltpetre and others to the captains of Company ships concerning action to be taken against the Dutch to defend Company shipping. Also one letter to William McGwire appointing him President of the Company ...
Copies of letters from Admiral Charles Watson to the Select Committee at Fort William written between 3 and 12 March 1757.
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The letters relate to a proposed treaty with the French, negotiations with the Nawab [of Bengal?] to permit an attack on French troops and a proposed attach by Watson upon the French at Chandernagore. Only Watson's letters are included, those from the Committee are not present. Endorsed "Appendix...