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Mss Eur G37/15
- Record Id:
- 036-000800785
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000800785
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x00032a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G37/15
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- Letters and draft letters written and received by Clive to and from various parties.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "036-000800785", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15: Letters and draft letters written and received by Clive to and from various parties." },{ "id" : "040-000800786", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/1: Letters from Clive and others and extracts from his diary." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800787", "parent" : "040-000800786", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/1 ff.1-12: Letters to his wife." },{ "id" : "041-000800788", "parent" : "040-000800786", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/1 ff.13-14: Part of Clive's journal during the voyage to India." },{ "id" : "041-000800789", "parent" : "040-000800786", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/1 ff.15-16: Draft letter, in essence a progress report from Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800790", "parent" : "040-000800786", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/1 ff.17-24: Letters from Edmund Maskelyne to his sister, Lady Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800791", "parent" : "040-000800786", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/1 ff.25-26: A letter probably written by one of Clive's party upon their arrival at Rio de Janeiro." },{ "id" : "041-000800792", "parent" : "040-000800786", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/1 ff.27-28: Coversheet formerly used to encapsulate the letters and journal entries." },{ "id" : "040-000800793", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/2: Draft letter from Clive to Henry Vansittart." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800794", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/3: Draft letter sent to a General upon Clive's arrival at Calcutta concerning his discoveries." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800795", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/4: Copy of an undated letter from Fort St George." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800796", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/5: Copies of letters written by Clive." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800797", "parent" : "040-000800796", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/5 ff.1-2: Duplicate of a letter sent to Roger Drake concerning Clive's proposed movements for the following few days." },{ "id" : "041-000800798", "parent" : "040-000800796", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/5 ff.3-4: Copy of a letter to Lawrence Sulivan." },{ "id" : "041-000800799", "parent" : "040-000800796", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/5 ff.5-10: Copy of a letter to Henry Vansittart, sent via Mrs Cassinger." },{ "id" : "041-000800800", "parent" : "040-000800796", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/5 ff.11-16: Copies of letters to Mr Amyatt, Mr Pybus, Henry Lushington, Mr Ironsides, Dr Hancock, Thomas Rumbold, Williamson, The Rev.…" },{ "id" : "041-000800801", "parent" : "040-000800796", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/5 ff.17-18: Incomplete copy of a letter to Henry Vansittart." },{ "id" : "040-000800802", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6: Letters written by Clive, mostly in 1765." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800803", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.1-2: Copies of letters W.B. Sumner and to Alex Campbell and the Secret Select Committee." },{ "id" : "041-000800804", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.3-4: Letter to the Select Committee." },{ "id" : "041-000800805", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.5-6: Letter to 'V and S'." },{ "id" : "041-000800806", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 f.7: Copies of letters to General Carnac and to William Sumner and the General Council." },{ "id" : "041-000800807", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 f.8: Copies of letters to Sir Francis Sykes and William B. Sumner." },{ "id" : "041-000800808", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.9-10: Copy of a letter to Francis Hare, proposing a meeting." },{ "id" : "041-000800809", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 f.11: Letter to Sir R. Fletcher" },{ "id" : "041-000800810", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.12-13: Copy of a letter sent by Clive and General Carnac to the Select Committee concerning the treaty with Shuja ud-Daula." },{ "id" : "041-000800811", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.14-15: Copies of letters sent to Henry Boulton, Laurence Dundas and a copy of a letter to Clive's attorneys in London." },{ "id" : "041-000800812", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.16-21: Letters to Richard Clive, George Clive, Henry Clive and John Walsh." },{ "id" : "041-000800813", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.22-23: Draft of a letter to Mr Amphlett concerning his Power of Attorney." },{ "id" : "041-000800814", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.24-25: Draft of a letter to John Walsh." },{ "id" : "041-000800815", "parent" : "040-000800802", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/6 ff.26-27: Copy of a letter responding to a minute of Mr Burdett's." },{ "id" : "040-000800816", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7: Letters written by Clive, mostly in 1766." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800817", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 ff.1-2: Incomplete draft letter, either to the Council or the Select Committee." },{ "id" : "041-000800818", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 ff.3-10: Letters from Clive to his attorneys in England." },{ "id" : "041-000800819", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 ff.11-12: Text of a minute in Council composed by Clive." },{ "id" : "041-000800820", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 ff.13-16: Letters to Harry Verelst." },{ "id" : "041-000800821", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 f.17: Letter to John Cartier." },{ "id" : "041-000800822", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 ff.18-19: Incomplete draft of a letter to Colonel Smith." },{ "id" : "041-000800823", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 ff.20-21: Duplicate of a letter to the Court of Directors." },{ "id" : "041-000800824", "parent" : "040-000800816", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/7 ff.22-29: Drafts and copies of a letter to the Court of Directors." },{ "id" : "040-000800825", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/8: Outgoing letters and drafts from Clive." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800826", "parent" : "040-000800825", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/8 ff.1-5: Letters to Sir Henry Strachey from Clive upon various subjects including the reform of the Company and Clive's appointment as…" },{ "id" : "041-000800827", "parent" : "040-000800825", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/8 ff.6-9: Letters from Clive to Alexander Wedderburn concerning politics." },{ "id" : "040-000800828", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/9: Letter from Robert Clive, incumbent of Moreton-Say, to his kinsman Clive." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800829", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/10: Scale floor-plan of Walcot Hall." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800830", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/11: Memorandum concerning the capture of Calcutta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800831", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/12: Conveyance made between Nicholas Barbon, of London, doctor and John Richbell, of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, painter." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800832", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/13: Passport issued by Thomas-Artur de Lally granting safe passage to an English ship to travel between Chandernagore and Pondicherry." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800833", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/14: Drafts of letters to the Court of Directors and the Proprietors of India Stock." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800834", "parent" : "040-000800833", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.1-8: Complete draft of a letter to the Court of Directors." },{ "id" : "041-000800835", "parent" : "040-000800833", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.9-30: Draft of a letter to the Proprietors of India Stock." },{ "id" : "041-000800836", "parent" : "040-000800833", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/14 ff.31-36: Draft of a letter to the Proprietors of India Stock." },{ "id" : "040-000800837", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/15: 'Clive's Minute to the Court of Directors relating to the Charges brought against him'." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800838", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/16: Memorandum on the improvement of gunpowder, with a theory of the explosive effect of Fued Gunpowder." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000800839", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/17: Correspondence between Clive and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-000800840", "parent" : "040-000800839", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/17 ff.1-7: Draft and fair copies of a letter to Pitt dated 1 January 1759." },{ "id" : "041-000800841", "parent" : "040-000800839", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/17 ff.8-9: Draft letter to Pitt dated 27 February 1759." },{ "id" : "041-000800842", "parent" : "040-000800839", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/17 ff.10-11: Letter from Pitt to Clive concerning an agreement made between them." },{ "id" : "040-000800843", "parent" : "036-000800785", "text" : "Mss Eur G37/15/18: 'List of letters received by Lord Clive from Europe' received in 1765." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000799670
036-000800785 - 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 G37/15 : Letters and draft letters written and received by Clive to and from various parties. - Contains:
- Mss Eur G37/15/1 : Letters from Clive and others and extracts from his diary.
Mss Eur G37/15/2 : Draft letter from Clive to Henry Vansittart.
Mss Eur G37/15/3 : Draft letter sent to a General upon Clive's arrival at Calcutta concerning his discoveries.
Mss Eur G37/15/4 : Copy of an undated letter from Fort St George.
Mss Eur G37/15/5 : Copies of letters written by Clive.
Mss Eur G37/15/6 : Letters written by Clive, mostly in 1765.
Mss Eur G37/15/7 : Letters written by Clive, mostly in 1766.
Mss Eur G37/15/8 : Outgoing letters and drafts from Clive.
Mss Eur G37/15/9 : Letter from Robert Clive, incumbent of Moreton-Say, to his kinsman Clive.
Mss Eur G37/15/10 : Scale floor-plan of Walcot Hall.
Mss Eur G37/15/11 : Memorandum concerning the capture of Calcutta.
Mss Eur G37/15/12 : Conveyance made between Nicholas Barbon, of London, doctor and John Richbell, of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, painter.
Mss Eur G37/15/13 : Passport issued by Thomas-Artur de Lally granting safe passage to an English ship to travel between Chandernagore and Pondicherry.
Mss Eur G37/15/14 : Drafts of letters to the Court of Directors and the Proprietors of India Stock.
Mss Eur G37/15/15 : "Clive's Minute to the Court of Directors relating to the Charges brought against him".
Mss Eur G37/15/16 : Memorandum on the improvement of gunpowder, with a theory of the explosive effect of Fued Gunpowder.
Mss Eur G37/15/17 : Correspondence between Clive and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.
Mss Eur G37/15/18 : "List of letters received by Lord Clive from Europe" received in 1765.
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- 032-000799670[0015]/036-000800785
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- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 1 box containing 18 files
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1684
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 1684-[1809]
- Era:
- CE
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