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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur G37

861. Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.1-2
Title:
Letter to Clive from the Court of Directors appointing him to be Governor and President of Fort William.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1758
Extent:
2 folios

862. Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.3-4
Title:
Copy of the letter from the Court of Directors appointing Clive Governor and President of Fort William dated 8 March 1758.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 folios

863. Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.5-6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.5-6
Title:
Extract from the General Letter to Bengal dated 8 March 1758.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 folios

864. Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.7-8
Title:
Facts relating to the loss and recapture of Calcutta containing affirmations that the sums of money received by Clive and Admiral Watson from Mir Jafar were honourably and deservedly attained.
Scope & Content:
These include affirmations that the sums of money received by Clive and Admiral Watson from Mir Jafar were honourably and deservedly attained and that therefore they should be exempt from the resolution that all such acquisitions belong to the State.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 folios

865. Mss Eur G37/10/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/11
Title:
List of papers referred to the General Courts in 1764 and an abstract of the charges brought against Clive in 1773
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
1 file containing 4 folios

866. Mss Eur G37/10/11 ff.1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/11 ff.1-2
Title:
Abstract of charges against Clive.
Scope & Content:
The charges comprise combination for monopolising cotton, monopoly of diamonds, frauds in coinage and exchange, monopoly of the trade in salt, bettel nut and tobacco and peculation of revenue. The notes blame several of these activities for causing the Bengal famine.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1772-1773
Extent:
2 folios

867. Mss Eur G37/10/11 ff.3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/10/11 ff.3-4
Title:
Papers referred to the General Courts between 27 February and 18 May 1764
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 folios

868. Mss Eur G37/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/11
Title:
Minutes and copies of minutes, including evidence presented to the Committee on East India Company affairs in 1772-1773.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1757-1798
Extent:
1 box containing 3 files

869. Mss Eur G37/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/11/1
Title:
Text of evidence testimony presented to the Committee on East India Company Affairs chaired by Col. Burgoyne.
Scope & Content:
The focus of the committee was to investigate the circumstances of the recapture of Calcutta and the conclusion of the treaty with Mir Jafar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1772-19 Feb 1773
Extent:
1 file containing 265 folios

870. Mss Eur G37/11/1 ff.1-6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/11/1 ff.1-6
Title:
List of documents read and motions passed.
Scope & Content:
It seems likely that this may have been an early hearing, since most of the resolutions are administrative, being requests that the Company should produce various papers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1772
Extent:
6 folios