Specimen indenture for creating commissions in the Company army.
Scope & Content:
The indenture includes a proviso that the commissioned man will not accept gifts or other rewards from Indian authorities without gaining the permission of the Court of Directors. Much of the text of this proviso has been underlined. A note states that the document was read at a General Court on...
Copies of correspondence between Isaac Sage and Mr A. Smeaton.
Scope & Content:
The correspondence concerned an allegation that Clive had illicitly received some of the jewels sent to the Company by Shuja ud-Daula as security for his payment of the remainder of the sum pledged by the treaty of 1765. Isaac Sage, as Director of the Factory at Benares where the security was st...
Copy of a petition addressed to Mir Jafar by Hugh Baillie.
Scope & Content:
Baillie's son William died in the Black Hole of Calcutta and lacking representation no compensation was received by his family. Hugh Baillie's petition asks for this error to be made good.
Article or possibly the text of a speech concerning the need for expansion of the Company's military establishment to cope with the increased demands made upon it, and the consequent disparity between the numbers of European soldiers and sepoys.
Scope & Content:
There is no indication of the author's identity, although he recommends the return of Clive and General Lawrence to India as advisors.
Copy of a translation of an account of the sums of money received by Mr Johnstone between 1762 and the beginning of 1765.
Scope & Content:
The account was sworn as a faithful translation before H. Verelst. The sums are described as "ready money"; there is no indication of currency. According to a note, the original was in Amir Chand's handwriting.
Bond for 4000 Arcot Rupees to be paid to Clive by Dawsonne Drake.
Scope & Content:
The condition of the bond is the repayment of 2000 Arcot Rupees plus interest 21 days after the arrival of the ketch Speedwell at Fort St David, or in case of loss a suitable average on the salvage.