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...
Account Statement for the Fort William Presidency.
Scope & Content:
The account specifies the amount of money and goods received in Bengal from Europe and the amount of money and goods sent out of Bengal. It includes the amounts of money disbursed on behalf of both Bengal and the other presidencies 1756-1765 and the balance of the Company's net stock in Bengal on...
Abstract Statement of the Value of Merchandise Imported into and exported from Fort St George from 1 January to 31 December 1802, excluding the Honourable Company's Trade
Copies of and extracts from documents relating to relations with the Dutch at Hughly.
Scope & Content:
The documents extracted include letters and council minutes. Relations deteriorated as a result of rivalries between British and Dutch gomestahs. Some French.
Copies of letters from the Council of Fort William to various recipients.
Scope & Content:
The letters include one to Adrian Bisdom and the Council at Hughly concerning the supply of saltpetre and others to the captains of Company ships concerning action to be taken against the Dutch to defend Company shipping. Also one letter to William McGwire appointing him President of the Company ...
Copies of letters from Admiral Charles Watson to the Select Committee at Fort William written between 3 and 12 March 1757.
Scope & Content:
The letters relate to a proposed treaty with the French, negotiations with the Nawab [of Bengal?] to permit an attack on French troops and a proposed attach by Watson upon the French at Chandernagore. Only Watson's letters are included, those from the Committee are not present. Endorsed "Appendix...