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IOR/H/192
- Record Id:
- 040-000004232
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000171.0x000396
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/192
- Title:
- Bengal affairs, including papers of Robert Clive (Lord Clive).
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1-55, Narrative of the quarrel with Siraj-ud-daula and the loss of Calcutta on 20th June by Governor Roger Drake 19th July 1756 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, I, 118-62); pp. 55-8, Three letters from Siraj-ud-daula to Khwaja Wazid; pp. 58-9, Francis Sykes' Declaration relative to Krishna Das (Printed in Hill's Bengal, I, 162-3); pp. 60-70, Dr. William Forth to Roger Drake 16th Dec. 1756 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 59-67). (2) pp. 71-115, Extracts of correspondence relative to the loss of Calcutta and other English Factories in Bengal in 1756, recapture of Calcutta in 1757, Losses and Restitution, John Davidson's Estimate of losses to the Estate of Surgeon William Stuart of Cossimbazar, Loss of the Company's Books, Memorial of Archibald McLaughlan, Pilot. (3) pp. 117-45, Extracts from Clive's Correspondence 21st Dec. 1756 to 10th Dec. 1760. (4) Revolution in Bengal in 1757 including, pp. 149-52, Bengal Secret Committee to Madras 13th Aug. 1757; pp. 152-7, Clive to Madras Select Committee 2nd July 1757 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 439-43); pp. 157-62, Clive to Madras Select Committee 3rd Aug. and 12th Sept. 1757; pp. 162-3, Siraj-ud-daula to M. Bussy Feb. and March 1757 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 264-5, 312-3); p. 163, Siraj-ud-daula to Raja Ram March 1757 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 314); p, 163, Siraj-ud-daula to M. Law April 1757 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 369); p. 164, Siraj-ud-daula to Abdulla (Printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 370); p. 164, M. Law to M. Bugros 4th May 1757 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, II, 376). (5) pp. 164-8, Clive's Military Journal in Bengal 12th to 27th June 1757 (Printed in Hill's Bengal, III, 65-8), with copy of Treaty with Mir Jafar (Printed in Hill's Bengal, III, pp. 56-7). (6) pp. 169-78, Bengal Council to Directors 14th July 1757, Overthrow of Siraj-ud-daula. (7) p. 181, Clive's Certificate, 4th Nov. 1762, that in 1757 the Dutch applied to Mir Jafar for a preference in the purchase in Bengal of Opium and Saltpetre (Original draft). (8) pp. 185-98, Papers relating to the Navy's share in Mir Jafar's Donation. (9) 201-78, 287-91, Papers relating to the Nawab's presents and payment of Restitution for Public and Private Losses; p. 281, Lawrence Sulivan to Thomas Nuttal 29th July 1762, Observations on losses by European Sufferers (Original); pp. 283-5, Minutes of the Committee of Correspondence on the Court's Resolution of 10th Jan. 1760 regarding payments in restitution.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004232 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/192 : Bengal affairs, including papers of Robert Clive (Lord Clive). - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0088]/040-000004232
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1756
- End Date:
- 1762
- Date Range:
- 1756-1762
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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