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Mss Eur G37/2
- Record Id:
- 036-000799779
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000799779
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x00031d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G37/2
- Title:
- Letters, copyletters, minutes and drafts relating to Company business in India, trade and military matters, also papers relating to Sir Robert Fletcher.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "036-000799779", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2: Letters, copyletters, minutes and drafts relating to Company business in India, trade and military matters, also papers relating to Sir…" },{ "id" : "040-000799780", "parent" : "036-000799779", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1: Papers relating to Sir Robert Fletcher." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000799781", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.1-3: Commission authorising Clive to appoint courts martial on any of the officers and soldiers under his command." },{ "id" : "041-000799782", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.4-5: Anonymous letter sent to Clive in relation to Sir Robert Fletcher's role in the mutiny." },{ "id" : "041-000799783", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.6-7: Questions posed to Captain Goddard as part of the trial of Sir Robert Fletcher." },{ "id" : "041-000799784", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 f.8: A list of dates, probably of letters." },{ "id" : "041-000799785", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.9-10: 'The Opinion of the East-India Company's General Officers upon the Conduct of Sir Robert Fletcher… to which is annex'd, a…" },{ "id" : "041-000799786", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.11-12: Resolution taken by the Court of Directors to appoint Sir Robert Fletcher as an infantry colonel at Fort St George." },{ "id" : "041-000799787", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.13-91: Handwritten copy of 'Account of the Proceedings Against Sir Robert Fletcher, with a Copy of the Sentence Passed upon him'." },{ "id" : "041-000799788", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.92-185: Draft text of the course of events, probably during the batta mutiny." },{ "id" : "041-000799789", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.186-187: Copy of the court martial sentences passed upon Sir Robert Fletcher, Captain John Stainforth, Captain John Nevil Parker…" },{ "id" : "041-000799790", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 f.188: Copy of the court martial sentence passed upon Sir Robert Fletcher." },{ "id" : "041-000799791", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.189-190: Draft text of an unsigned resignation letter from a soldier." },{ "id" : "041-000799792", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.191-194: Minute by Clive about charges brought against him by the mutineers." },{ "id" : "041-000799793", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.195-196: Note upon the defence offered by Sir Robert Fletcher." },{ "id" : "041-000799794", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 ff.197-198: Questions and answers taken down in evidence about Clive and the Company's role in India." },{ "id" : "041-000799795", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 f.199: Copy of a list of materials brought in evidence at the court martial of Sir Robert Fletcher." },{ "id" : "041-000799796", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 f.200: Notes upon the Inland Trade." },{ "id" : "041-000799797", "parent" : "040-000799780", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/1 f.201: Part of a court martial acquittal of an unnamed soldier." },{ "id" : "040-000799798", "parent" : "036-000799779", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2: Minutes and draft minutes written by Robert Clive on various topics." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000799799", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.1-2: Incomplete draft speech upon his return to India and outlining his proposals for action." },{ "id" : "041-000799800", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.3-11: Draft letters on various subjects, including one to the Court of Directors and one to 'Dudley and Walsh'." },{ "id" : "041-000799801", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.12-31: Draft minute or report comprising Clive's assessment of the situation in India upon his arrival in 1765." },{ "id" : "041-000799802", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.32-34: A draft minute, possibly relating to the management of lands around Calcutta." },{ "id" : "041-000799803", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 f.35: Incomplete minute stating Clive's objection to the ownership of certain unnamed lands." },{ "id" : "041-000799804", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.36-37: Draft minute relating to the reduction of the officers' batta." },{ "id" : "041-000799805", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.38-40: Two minutes relating to Clive's acquiescence in a proposal to let Company lands for a given sum." },{ "id" : "041-000799806", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.41-43: Minutes relating to land tenure." },{ "id" : "041-000799807", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.44-45: Draft minute referring to unfavourable events in Madras." },{ "id" : "041-000799808", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.46-51: Accounts and calculations, mostly of Company assets." },{ "id" : "041-000799809", "parent" : "040-000799798", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/2 ff.52-61: Notes and excerpts from minutes on various subjects." },{ "id" : "040-000799810", "parent" : "036-000799779", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3: Letters, draft letters and minutes." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000799811", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 f.1: Draft public notice of the withdrawal of Company protection from Free Merchants." },{ "id" : "041-000799812", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.2-3: Draft minute in Clive's handwriting on behalf of the select committee forming a progress report." },{ "id" : "041-000799813", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.4-5: Draft resolution to give the Governor General and Council full civil and military powers." },{ "id" : "041-000799814", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.6-7: Draft report and observations of the select committee, in Clive's handwriting." },{ "id" : "041-000799815", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.8-9: Part of a letter from Clive to the Court of Directors, marked in a different hand 'not published'." },{ "id" : "041-000799816", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.10-11: Heads of a letter from Clive to the Court of Directors." },{ "id" : "041-000799817", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.12-15: Draft letter in Clive's handwriting addressed to Mr Verelst." },{ "id" : "041-000799818", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.16-17: Draft letter or minute in Clive's handwriting complaining of the opposition he has experienced since his arrival and giving…" },{ "id" : "041-000799819", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.18-19: Letter from Margaret Clive to her son Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis." },{ "id" : "041-000799820", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.20-25: Draft letter from Clive to his father." },{ "id" : "041-000799821", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.26-27: Draft letter in Clive's handwriting addressed to Colonel Smith." },{ "id" : "041-000799822", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.28-35: Draft letters in Clive's handwriting to anonymous recipients." },{ "id" : "041-000799823", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.36-39: Extracts in Clive's handwriting from letters to various persons including General Oglethorp and Captain Durasid." },{ "id" : "041-000799824", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.40-45: Draft minute in Clive's handwriting concerning his alleged ill-treatment of Mr Spencer." },{ "id" : "041-000799825", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 f.46: Draft declarations made by Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000799826", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.47-52: Draft minute in Clive's handwriting outlining his actions with regard to the inland trade." },{ "id" : "041-000799827", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.53-54: Draft speech in Clive's handwriting concerning a fraud investigation." },{ "id" : "041-000799828", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.55-56: Draft minute in Clive's handwriting regarding his jagir." },{ "id" : "041-000799829", "parent" : "040-000799810", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.57-62: Extracts and drafts of minutes or letters, mostly short and/or incomplete" },{ "id" : "040-000799830", "parent" : "036-000799779", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/4: Copies of letters from Clive to the Court of Directors and the General Court." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000799831", "parent" : "040-000799830", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/4 ff.1-2: Copy of a letter from Clive to the Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East…" },{ "id" : "041-000799832", "parent" : "040-000799830", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/4 ff.3-8: Draft letter in Clive's handwriting to the Court of Directors." },{ "id" : "041-000799833", "parent" : "040-000799830", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/4 ff.9-10: Copy of a draft of a letter from Clive to the General Court." },{ "id" : "041-000799834", "parent" : "040-000799830", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/4 ff.11-12: Draft letter from Clive to the Court of Directors in relation to his proposed Fund for the relief of disabled officers,…" },{ "id" : "041-000799835", "parent" : "040-000799830", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/4 ff.13-14: Draft letter to an unknown recipient." },{ "id" : "040-000799836", "parent" : "036-000799779", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/5: Letters and copies of letters from Clive to the Court of Directors and the Select Committee." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000799837", "parent" : "040-000799836", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/5 ff.1-24: Four copies of Clive's letter to the Court of Directors with reference to his proposed return to India." },{ "id" : "041-000799838", "parent" : "040-000799836", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/5 ff.25-54: Draft letter from Clive to the Court of Directors, comprising his report of his impressions of the situation in India." },{ "id" : "041-000799839", "parent" : "040-000799836", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/5 f.55: Extract from Clive's letter to the Court of Directors, stating his sole purpose in the actions he has taken." },{ "id" : "041-000799840", "parent" : "040-000799836", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/5 ff.56-81: Draft of a letter from Clive to the Select Committee." },{ "id" : "041-000799841", "parent" : "040-000799836", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/2/5 ff.82-83: Two pages from a draft communication to the Select Committee concerning official support for Francis Sykes and Mohammed Reza…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000799670
036-000799779 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur G37 : The Clive Collection, comprising the papers of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), Governor of Bengal 1757-1760…
Mss Eur G37/2 : Letters, copyletters, minutes and drafts relating to Company business in India, trade and military matters, also papers relating to… - Contains:
- Mss Eur G37/2/1 : Papers relating to Sir Robert Fletcher.
Mss Eur G37/2/2 : Minutes and draft minutes written by Robert Clive on various topics.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 : Letters, draft letters and minutes.
Mss Eur G37/2/4 : Copies of letters from Clive to the Court of Directors and the General Court.
Mss Eur G37/2/5 : Letters and copies of letters from Clive to the Court of Directors and the Select Committee.
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- 032-000799670[0002]/036-000799779
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- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 1 box containing 5 files
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1764
- End Date:
- 1798
- Date Range:
- 1764-1798
- Era:
- CE
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