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Mss Eur G37/10

Record Id:: 036-000800445
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000800445
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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur G37/10
Title:: Incoming letters on military business, accounts, official letters and Company minutes and records of domestic financial affairs under Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "036-000800445", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10: Incoming letters on military business, accounts, official letters and Company minutes and records of domestic financial affairs under…" },{ "id" : "040-000800446", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/1: Letters concerning domestic financial matters." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800447", "parent" : "040-000800446", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/1 ff.1-2: Letter to Henry Strachey from Isaac Frowd." },{ "id" : "041-000800448", "parent" : "040-000800446", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/1 ff.3-7: Letters to Edward Crisp Esq. from Isaac Frowd" },{ "id" : "041-000800449", "parent" : "040-000800446", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/1 ff.8-13: Letters from Weston Bayley, executor to the Will of the late Mr Felton to Mr Probert and Lord Clive, with an account…" },{ "id" : "041-000800450", "parent" : "040-000800446", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/1 f.14: Letter from Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, to Mr Probert concerning his debt to Mr Felton and the need to appoint a new…" },{ "id" : "041-000800451", "parent" : "040-000800446", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/1 ff.15: Draft letter from Mr Probert to Weston Bayley concerning the payment of a debt of £154 owed to Mr Felton by Edward Clive 1st…" },{ "id" : "040-000800452", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2: Miscellaneous documents, including financial papers, intelligence and treatises on military and Company subjects." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800453", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.1: Bond for 4000 Arcot Rupees to be paid to Clive by Dawsonne Drake." },{ "id" : "041-000800454", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.2: Account of charges due at Trichinopoly signed by Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800455", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.3: Receipt, signed by L Moses, for 50,000 rupees from Clive to be invested in diamonds." },{ "id" : "041-000800456", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.4: Note, signed 'J.W.' alerting Clive to the Council's intentions regarding a military expedition." },{ "id" : "041-000800457", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.5: Summary of intelligence and news gained from the Captain of the Danish ship Queen Sophia Magdalena which arrived in the East…" },{ "id" : "041-000800458", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 ff.6-7: Notes of the terms of the charters granted to the Company in 1753, 1757 and 1758." },{ "id" : "041-000800459", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.8: Note to unspecified 'Gentlemen' concerning a proposed expedition." },{ "id" : "041-000800460", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.9: Note of protest signed by W. Tildeman, Notary Public, recording the non-payment of a note of hand due to Clive by Major Fraser,…" },{ "id" : "041-000800461", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.10: Note from Mr Horl to Mr Crisp concerning knee and shoe buckles." },{ "id" : "041-000800462", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.11: Copy of a petition addressed to Mir Jafar by Hugh Baillie." },{ "id" : "041-000800463", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 ff.12-13: Copy of a translation of an account of the sums of money received by Mr Johnstone between 1762 and the beginning of 1765." },{ "id" : "041-000800464", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 ff.14-15: Specimen indenture for creating commissions in the Company army." },{ "id" : "041-000800465", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 ff.16-29: Treatise 'on the advantages that the Company would reap from have settlements on the two extremities of the Island of…" },{ "id" : "041-000800466", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 ff.30-35: Copies of correspondence between Isaac Sage and Mr A. Smeaton." },{ "id" : "041-000800467", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 ff.36-49: Article or possibly the text of a speech concerning the need for expansion of the Company's military establishment to cope…" },{ "id" : "041-000800468", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 ff.50-51: Lists of persons recommended by Clive, the army ranks to which they were recommended and that which they were given." },{ "id" : "041-000800469", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.52: Letter from P. Weaderburn to an unidentified recipient concerning the ship Dodely." },{ "id" : "041-000800470", "parent" : "040-000800452", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/2 f.53: Note in Clive's handwriting concerning the fortification of a prison." },{ "id" : "040-000800471", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3: Trading invoices, accounts and excerpts from documents referring to trade and receipt of gifts in India." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800472", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.1-2: Invoice for goods laden on board the ship Isabella and consigned to Mr John Pybus on John Holland and Robert Clive's joint…" },{ "id" : "041-000800473", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 f.3: Invoice for goods laden on board the Isabella consigned to Mr John Pybus 'on my own account'." },{ "id" : "041-000800474", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 f.4: Invoice for goods laden on board the ship Isabella, John Smallman, Master, consigned to Mr Robert Orme." },{ "id" : "041-000800475", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.5-6: Account of the expenses of Stringer Lawrence's Detachment of troops." },{ "id" : "041-000800476", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 f.7: Receipt signed by John Innes for 783 rupees received from Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800477", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.8-9: Draft letter in Clive's handwriting answering a letter from Mr Drake dated 7 February 1757 listing the articles of the treaty…" },{ "id" : "041-000800478", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 f.10: Invoice of goods loaded on board the Godolphin under Captain Hutchinson, signed by Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800479", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.11-12: Page references marked 'to be read'." },{ "id" : "041-000800480", "parent" : "040-000800471", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/3 ff.13-14: Excerpts and page references from appendices to an unnamed report." },{ "id" : "040-000800481", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/4: Petition to Roger Drake Esq. signed by 27 people requesting that neither Charles Manningham nor Mr Frankland shall be accepted as…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800482", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/5: Letters from Admiral Watson to Clive." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800483", "parent" : "040-000800482", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/5 ff.1-33: Letters from Admiral Charles Watson to Clive." },{ "id" : "040-000800484", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6: Letters concerning military intelligence and advice from William Watts." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800485", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.1: Letter to an unspecified recipient, probably Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800486", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.2: Letter from Watts, Roger Drake, Richard Becher and J.Z. Holwell, writing on behalf of the Committee of Fort William to Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800487", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 f3.: Letter from Watts and Roger Drake, probably to Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800488", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.4: Letters to Clive and James Killpatrick from Watts and Richard Becher." },{ "id" : "041-000800489", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 ff.5-21: Letters to Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800490", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.22: Copy of a letter to Roger Drake, Clive, Major Killpatrick and Richard Becher." },{ "id" : "041-000800491", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 ff.23-26: Letters to John Walsh." },{ "id" : "041-000800492", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 ff.27-31: Copies of letters to Roger Drake and the members of the Select Committee." },{ "id" : "041-000800493", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.32: Letter to Admiral Charles Watson." },{ "id" : "041-000800494", "parent" : "040-000800484", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/6 f.33: Letter to Clive and Admiral Charles Watson." },{ "id" : "040-000800495", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/7: Official correspondence and copies of correspondence, mostly concerning military matters." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800496", "parent" : "040-000800495", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/7 ff.1-5: Letters and signed duplicate letters from the Select Committee of Fort St George to Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800497", "parent" : "040-000800495", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/7 ff.6-7: Copy of a letter dated 27 October 1756 to Roger Drake and the Select Committee of Bengal, from the Select Committee of Fort…" },{ "id" : "041-000800498", "parent" : "040-000800495", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/7 ff.8-9: Copy of a letter from Fort St George to Admiral Watson." },{ "id" : "041-000800499", "parent" : "040-000800495", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/7 f.10: Notes, possibly from a council of war, concerning the arrival of reinforcements to both sides in a conflict." },{ "id" : "040-000800500", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/8: Copies of letters and consultations on various subjects, mostly concerning Company relations with the Nawabs of Bengal." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800501", "parent" : "040-000800500", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/8 ff.1-8: Copy of a letter to the Secret Committee from Eyre Coote and others at Fort William." },{ "id" : "041-000800502", "parent" : "040-000800500", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/8 ff.9-18: Copy of the General Letter to the President and Council of Fort William." },{ "id" : "041-000800503", "parent" : "040-000800500", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/8 ff.19-49: Copy of the Directors' letter to the President and Council of Fort William." },{ "id" : "041-000800504", "parent" : "040-000800500", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/8 ff.50-51: Copy of a letter from the Committee at Fort William to Clive condoling with his illness and assuring him that his work will…" },{ "id" : "041-000800505", "parent" : "040-000800500", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/8 ff.52-59: Extracts from consultations undertaken at Fort William and a letter from the Council at Fort William to the Court of…" },{ "id" : "041-000800506", "parent" : "040-000800500", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/8 ff.60-61: Copy of instructions sent to William Watts following the peace treaty agreed with Mir Jafar, dated 16 February 1757." },{ "id" : "040-000800507", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9: Official documents, including the minutes and resolutions of General Courts and the Court of Directors, and extracts from official…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800508", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.1-2: Minutes of a committee held at Moorshedabad by Clive and two others concerning the granting of support to an candidate to be…" },{ "id" : "041-000800509", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.3-4: Official letter to the President and Council at Fort St George announcing Clive's impending return to India and stating his…" },{ "id" : "041-000800510", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.5-6: Copy of a letter dated 14 October 1756 sent to the Nawab of Perenea concerning Siraj ud-Daula's uprising." },{ "id" : "041-000800511", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.7-10: Official letters from Robert James, Secretary (presumably to the Court of Directors)." },{ "id" : "041-000800512", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.11-19: Extracts from the minutes of the Court of Directors in relation to the terms of the Peace of Paris." },{ "id" : "041-000800513", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.20-21: List of resolutions passed at meetings of the General Court and the Court of Directors between 1754 and 1760 at which votes…" },{ "id" : "041-000800514", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.22-25: Official letters from the Court of Directors concerning the Treaty of Paris, Company affairs in Bengal and Major Carnac's…" },{ "id" : "041-000800515", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.26-27: Copy of a General Letter to Bengal dated 16 May 1764." },{ "id" : "041-000800516", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.28-50: Minutes of General Courts of the Company, many of which were held to discuss the state of the Company's affairs in India,…" },{ "id" : "041-000800517", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.51-52: Brief minutes of meetings concerning vacancies in the Council." },{ "id" : "041-000800518", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 f.53: Notification of financial arrangements, including the allocation of funds to pay the army." },{ "id" : "041-000800519", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.54-57: Questions and their background intended to clarify the Court of Directors' intentions for the Governor and Council under…" },{ "id" : "041-000800520", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.58-59: Notice of the congratulations offered to Clive at a meeting of the Court of Directors on 17 July 1767, upon his final…" },{ "id" : "041-000800521", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.60-61: Extracts from official letters sent to Clive between 2 May 1766 and 4 March 1767." },{ "id" : "041-000800522", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.62-94: Copy of various extracts of letters and depositions concerning the trial of Colonel Caillard between 7 October 1761-11…" },{ "id" : "041-000800523", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.95-96: Certified copy of an official letter to the Governor and Council of Fort St George dated 1 February 1757." },{ "id" : "041-000800524", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.97-98: Extract from the Company's General Letter to Bengal dated 8 March 1758." },{ "id" : "041-000800525", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 f.99: Copy of the second paragraph of the Instructions to the Commissioners dated 15 September 1769." },{ "id" : "041-000800526", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.100-101: Extract from the Proceedings of the Committee of Circuit discussing the terms of a General Letter from the Court of…" },{ "id" : "041-000800527", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 f.102: Resolution creating a Board of Commission to investigate the collection of revenues in Bengal and the management of commercial…" },{ "id" : "041-000800528", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 ff.103-106: Copies of extracts from General Letters to Bengal dated 13 March 1761 and 19 February 1766 concerning the remuneration of…" },{ "id" : "041-000800529", "parent" : "040-000800507", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/9 f.107: Copy of a paragraph from a letter from the Court of Directors to the Presidency of Fort St George dated 31 January 1755…" },{ "id" : "040-000800530", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/10: Letter and copies of other documents concerning the recapture of Calcutta and Clive's rewards therefrom." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800531", "parent" : "040-000800530", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.1-2: Letter to Clive from the Court of Directors appointing him to be Governor and President of Fort William." },{ "id" : "041-000800532", "parent" : "040-000800530", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.3-4: Copy of the letter from the Court of Directors appointing Clive Governor and President of Fort William dated 8 March 1758." },{ "id" : "041-000800533", "parent" : "040-000800530", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.5-6: Extract from the General Letter to Bengal dated 8 March 1758." },{ "id" : "041-000800534", "parent" : "040-000800530", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/10 ff.7-8: Facts relating to the loss and recapture of Calcutta containing affirmations that the sums of money received by Clive and…" },{ "id" : "040-000800535", "parent" : "036-000800445", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/11: List of papers referred to the General Courts in 1764 and an abstract of the charges brought against Clive in 1773" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800536", "parent" : "040-000800535", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/11 ff.1-2: Abstract of charges against Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800537", "parent" : "040-000800535", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/10/11 ff.3-4: Papers referred to the General Courts between 27 February and 18 May 1764" }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000799670
036-000800445
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 G37/10 : Incoming letters on military business, accounts, official letters and Company minutes and records of domestic financial affairs…
Contains:: Mss Eur G37/10/1 : Letters concerning domestic financial matters.
Mss Eur G37/10/2 : Miscellaneous documents, including financial papers, intelligence and treatises on military and Company subjects.
Mss Eur G37/10/3 : Trading invoices, accounts and excerpts from documents referring to trade and receipt of gifts in India.
Mss Eur G37/10/4 : Petition to Roger Drake Esq. signed by 27 people requesting that neither Charles Manningham nor Mr Frankland shall be accepted…
Mss Eur G37/10/5 : Letters from Admiral Watson to Clive.
Mss Eur G37/10/6 : Letters concerning military intelligence and advice from William Watts.
Mss Eur G37/10/7 : Official correspondence and copies of correspondence, mostly concerning military matters.
Mss Eur G37/10/8 : Copies of letters and consultations on various subjects, mostly concerning Company relations with the Nawabs of Bengal.
Mss Eur G37/10/9 : Official documents, including the minutes and resolutions of General Courts and the Court of Directors, and extracts from…
Mss Eur G37/10/10 : Letter and copies of other documents concerning the recapture of Calcutta and Clive's rewards therefrom.
Mss Eur G37/10/11 : List of papers referred to the General Courts in 1764 and an abstract of the charges brought against Clive in 1773

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Record Type (Level):: Series
Extent:: 1 box containing 11 files
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1750
End Date:: 1790
Date Range:: 15 Aug 1750-13 Dec 1790
Era:: CE
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