Copy of a letter responding to a minute of Mr Burdett's.
Scope & Content:
It is possible that the letter is incomplete; certainly the closing phrases have been omitted. A note states that the letter was published in 1785. It is in Clive's handwriting.
Drafts and copies of a letter to the Court of Directors.
Scope & Content:
Only the first part of the letter survives; in some cases the text breaks off mid paragraph, suggesting that other pages once existed, in others it is clear that no more of the letter was ever copied. Some are in Clive's handwriting.
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.
Copies of letters to Mr Amyatt, Mr Pybus, Henry Lushington, Mr Ironsides, Dr Hancock, Thomas Rumbold, Williamson, The Rev. Mr Butler, Mr Amphlett and Captain Knox.
Scope & Content:
All the letters have been copied in the same hand, and give the impression of forming part of a reference system for Clive's correspondence.
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.
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.
A letter probably written by one of Clive's party upon their arrival at Rio de Janeiro.
Scope & Content:
The letter is not signed and there is no salutation. The author complains of the unusual length of the voyage so far, suggesting that he was probably part of Clive's group, if so the date must be in 1764.