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1161. Mss Eur G37/15/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/12
Title:
Conveyance made between Nicholas Barbon, of London, doctor and John Richbell, of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, painter.
Scope & Content:
The conveyance is for the lease of a house in Red Lion fields for 61 years. The rent is 8 shillings per foot of land every year after the first year. The house, yet to be built, is to be of three stories. The conveyance has been signed by Barbon.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1684
Extent:
1 file containing 1 folio

1162. Mss Eur G37/15/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/13
Title:
Passport issued by Thomas-Artur de Lally granting safe passage to an English ship to travel between Chandernagore and Pondicherry.
Scope & Content:
The passport is granted so that the ship may transport certain French ladies to Pondicherry.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
17 Nov 1759
Extent:
1 file containing 2 folios

1163. Mss Eur G37/15/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/14
Title:
Drafts of letters to the Court of Directors and the Proprietors of India Stock.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1764
Extent:
1 file containing 36 folios

1164. Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.1-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.1-8
Title:
Complete draft of a letter to the Court of Directors.
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the Inland Trade and the reform of Company practices. It is a compete version of the letter which exists in four copies in G37/15/7 ff.22-29. A note on the cover observes that the letter has been published.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[27 Apr] 1764
Extent:
8 folios

1165. Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.9-30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.9-30
Title:
Draft of a letter to the Proprietors of India Stock.
Scope & Content:
The letter mainly relates to the income from the jagir.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1764
Extent:
22 folios

1166. Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.31-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.31-36
Title:
Draft of a letter to the Proprietors of India Stock.
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the loss of Calcutta, the campaign against Siraj ud-Daula and Clive's estimate of the Company's profits resulting from the peace agreed with Mir Jafar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760s-1770s
Extent:
6 folios

1167. Mss Eur G37/15/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/15
Title:
"Clive's Minute to the Court of Directors relating to the Charges brought against him".
Scope & Content:
The text has been substantially altered by Clive in some places.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
?1772
Extent:
1 file containing 32 folios

1168. Mss Eur G37/15/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/16
Title:
Memorandum on the improvement of gunpowder, with a theory of the explosive effect of Fued Gunpowder.
Scope & Content:
The improvements are predicated upon the use of the Parkinsonia plant rather than the gram plant, Lord Clive (presumably Edward, but possibly Robert) being credited as the first person to cultivate the former in India. The memorandum arose from experiments conducted on 14 April 1809. There is no ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 file containing 32 folios

1169. Mss Eur G37/15/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/17
Title:
Correspondence between Clive and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1 Jan] 1759-Jan 1772
Extent:
1 file containing 11 folios

1170. Mss Eur G37/15/17 ff.1-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/15/17 ff.1-7
Title:
Draft and fair copies of a letter to Pitt dated 1 January 1759.
Scope & Content:
Clive congratulates Pitt on his political success reports upon the situation in India and asks whether National support would be forthcoming if the Company should manage to gain control of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1 Jan 1759]
Extent:
7 folios