Petition to Roger Drake Esq. signed by 27 people requesting that neither Charles Manningham nor Mr Frankland shall be accepted as representatives of Calcutta in Madras in the aftermath of its loss.
Scope & Content:
The objection expressed is that since both men had left Calcutta before the retreat was agreed, they know little of the events on which they would be reporting.
The letters are mostly concerned with military liaison and arrangements for each other's support, most particularly in relation to the recapture of Chandernagore. The handwriting varies significantly between the letters, and some seem to be in a professional copyist's hand, although the signature...