Although only one of the groupings calls itself Select Committee Proceedings, it seems probable that all three are in fact minutes of the same Committee; there is some duplication between ff.94-98 and ff.104-108 while the small number and consistent membership of the committee reinforce this impr...
Extracts are taken from a General Letter to the Court of Directors dated 29 December 1759 and signed by the Select Committee at Fort William (complaining of the tone and content of a recent letter from the Court of Directors) and from the General Letter to Bengal dated 21 January 1761 (responding...
The business of the meetings centres upon correspondence with Mr Watts concerning a treaty with Mir Jafar, including discussion of terms suggested by Watts and the plan to deceive Omichund. Also included are copies of letters between Siraj ud-Daula and Monsieur Law. Endorsed "Appendix No 5.".