Abstract and copy of a letter to the Court of Directors.
Scope & Content:
Accepts their offer of authority in Bengal and outlining his assessment of current political, commercial and military affairs there. Also an extract from the same letter relating to Cossim Ali.
Copies of letters relating to Colonel Forde's campaign and negotiations for its aftermath.
Scope & Content:
These comprise one letter to John Andrews Esq., and two with a possible third to Warren Hastings The letter to Andrews and the putative letter to Hastings are certainly in the hand of a copyist, the remaining two are probably in Clive's hand.
Draft letter and a copy of the letter as ultimately sent to the Committee informing them of a visit paid to a King.
Scope & Content:
With the letter is an envelope addressed to G.W. Forrest Esq. c I.E. in a later hand with notes on the reverse about the necessity of keeping the documents together. The draft has been written on the reverse of a printed pro forma for orders issued in Clive's name.