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IOR/H/805
- Record Id:
- 040-000004916
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x00026e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/805
- Title:
- Papers from Bengal and Madras.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. i-vii, Accounts of the Loss of Calcutta and of the Black Hole in 1756 from the Scots Maqazine and the Edinburgh Courant. Made by S. C. Hill for his Bengal in 1756-57 (Printed). (2) pp. 569-1188, Continuation of H/804. Extracts from Consultations and Letter Books (all Printed), including (3)-(7) below. (3) pp. 569-673, 865-90, Robert Clive's Correspondence with the Country Powers in Bengal 15th Dec. 1756 to 23rd June 1758. For details see H/193. (4) Robert Clive, pp. 676-8, 680-2, 689-92, 777-8, 782-7, 862-4, 958-9, to Madras Council or Select Committee 8th Jan. 1757--20th Aug. 1759; pp. 699, 827, 854-5, to Bengal Council and Select Committee 20th Jan. 1757--23rd Nov. 1758; pp. 701-2, to Admiral Watson 24th Feb. 1757; pp. 741-6, 754-5, 759-62, to Directors and Secret Committee 26th July--23rd Dec. 1757; pp. 1150-61, Minute regarding the state of the Country and necessity of continuing the Select Committee after his departure now necessitated by ill-health. (5) pp. 678-81, 692-4, 789-90, Clive's Military Journals in Bengal (Printed in Hill's Bengal in 1756-57. Vol. III) (6) Admiral Charles Watson. pp. 682-3, 685-6, 695-6, 699, 775-6, to the Madras Council and Select Committee 14th Jan.--11th Aug. 1757; pp. 701-2, to Robert Clive 27th Feb. 1757; pp. 707-11, 712-5, to John Cleveland (Admiralty) 31st Jan. to 31st March 1757; pp. 683-4, Correspondence with Siraj-ud-daula. (7) pp. 684-5, 711-2, Capt. King's Account of the taking of Hugli (Printed in Hill's Bengal in 1756-57, II, 201-3). The first of the two accounts has an additional paragraph saying that the corn magazines, which extended two miles, were burned and the city entirely destroyed. (8) p. 686, Capt. Thomas Warwick's (H.M.S. Thunder Bomb) account of the attack on the Nawab's Camp 5th Feb. 1757 (Printed in Hill's Bengal in 1756-57, II, 253-4). This account mentions the loss of two field-pieces in the march back. (9) pp. 694-5, Capitulation of Chandernagore 13th March 1757. (10) Capt. John Brohier. p. 703, to Council, Madras, 10th May 1757; pp. 763-72, 805-6, to Council, Bengal, 25th July 1757--21st Feb. 1758, Rebuilding and fortification of Calcutta. (11) pp. 705, 775, Col. John Adlercron to Madras Council 21st June and 22nd Sept. 1757. (12) pp. 717-24, Logs of H.M. Ships Kent (5th Dec. 1756--24th March 1757) and Tyger (22nd and 23rd March 1757), Passage up the Hugli, taking of Calcutta, Hugli and Chandernagore. (13) pp. 725-35, Military Returns of the Troops with Clive in Bengal. (14) pp. 787-9, Siraj-ud-daula's correspondence with M. Bussy and Jean Law 1757. (15) p. 791, Treaty with Mir Jafar (Twelve Articles only, omitting the eighth Article promising 20 lakhs of rupees to Omichand--see Hill's Bengal in 1756-57, II, 384-5). (16) pp. 799-801, Charles Douglas (6th Jan. 1758) and David Rannie (12th Jan. 1758) to Bengal Council asking payment of Company's Bonds. (17) Col. Francis Forde. pp. 804, 806, 905, Correspondence with Bengal Council relative to acceptance of the post of Major in Bengal 1758 and his Deccan expedition; pp. 894, 901, 934, 940-3, 945, 946, 948-9, 951-3, 955-8, 961, Correspondence with Madras Council relative to the Deccan expedition 21st Nov. 1758--8th Oct. 1759; pp. 900-1, to John Andrews (Chief at Vizagapatam) 7th and 11th Dec. 1758. (18) p. 808, Capt. George Frederick Gaupp (Madras Army) to Bengal Council 6th March 1758, Allowances and Batta in Bengal. (19) pp. 809-10, Parwana of the lands on Berhampore Plain 23rd Feb. 1758. (20) pp. 811-2, Request to the Bengal Council of Portuguese seamen to be allowed to enlist in the military 1758. (21) pp. 813-24, Papers concerning claims for restitution for losses by Europeans, Armenians, &c. (22) p. 831, Petition of Edward Handle (Arrack Farmer, Calcutta) to Bengal Council 18th July 1758. (23) pp. 837-40, 857, Complaint by Military Officers in Bengal of supersession by Capt. Goven (? Govin) from Bombay 1758. (24) p. 841, Capt. John Durand's justification of his leaving his ship, the Restitution, subsequently seized by French prisoners. (25) pp. 855-6, Petition by junior Company's servants for permission to continue the use of Palanquins. (26) pp. 895-900, Extracts from the Journal of Transactions during the siege of Fort St. George by Lally 12th Dec. 1758--17th Feb. 1759. The whole Journal has been printed by the Madras Government amongst the copies of its Records. (27) p. 903, George Pocock (Vice Admiral of the Red) to Madras Council 20th Nov. 1758. (28) pp. 936-9, Major Stringer Lawrence to Madras Council 19th March 1759. (29) pp. 946-7, 963-4, John Andrews (Chief at Vizagapatam) to Madras Council 21st May 1759 with the Treaty of 14th May between Col. Forde and Salabat Jang. (30) Col. Eyre Coote. pp. 963, 967-9, 974-7, 979-81, 984-5, 989-91, 993-6, 999-1003, to Madras Council 28th Oct. to 29th Dec. 1759; pp. 1042, 1053-6, 1061-4, to Bengal Council 29th April to 11th July 1761. (31) p. 978, 995, Capt. Joseph Smith (Madras Army) to Eyre Coote 23rd Nov. and 5th Dec. 1759. (32) pp. 993-4, Capt. John Wood (Madras Army) to Eyre Coote 10th Dec. 1759. (33) pp. 1006-8, Capt. Martin White (Bengal Army) to Bengal Council 29th Dec. 1760. (34) Major John Carnac (Bengal Army) pp. 1008-17, 1020-3, 1030-9, 1043-4, 1060-3, 1089-91, 1103-5, 1109-10, to Bengal Council 5th-19th Jan. 1761, Campaign against the Shahzada and Shuja-ud-daula; pp. 1085-7, 1093-5, Correspondence with Shuja-ud-daula and Beni Bahadur. (35) p. 1011, Major Martin Yorke (Bengal Army) to Bengal Council 22nd Jan. 1761. (36) p. 1014, Capt. John Stables (Bengal Army) to Bengal Council 17th Jan. 1761. (37) pp. 1014-5, 1017-8, John Johnstone (Chief at Midnapur) to Bengal Council 3rd and 8th Feb. 1761, Trouble amongst the Zamindars. (38) pp. 1049-52, Instructions given by the French East India-Company to M. Lally (its Military Commander), M. le Comte d'Aché (Commander of the Fleet) and to M. Magon (Governor of Mauritius) to destroy all the English Settlements 1756. (39) pp. 1064-5, William McGwire (Chief at Patna) to Bengal Council 29th June 1761. (40) pp. 1073-4, 1077-8, Capt. William Jennings (Bengal Army) to Bengal Council 12th Feb. 1764, Mutiny of Europeans on the Karamnasa. (41) pp. 1087-8, James Hope (Resident, Cuttack) to Bengal Council 13th April 1764. (42) pp. 1113-8, Mutinous behaviour of the Sepoy Regiments August 1764. (43) pp. 1124-8, 1135, 1138-40, Major Hector Munro to Bengal Council 25th Oct. to 22nd Nov. 1764, Victory of Buxar. (44) pp. 1136-8, Claims of King's and Naval Officers to share of the Nawab's donation for the victory of Buxar. (45) pp. 1145-50, Dismissal of European Officers for mutinous support of Sir Robert Fletcher, Case of Lieut. William Vertue 1767. (46) pp. 1163-8, Progress of the New Works at Calcutta under Capt. Fleming Martin, Chief Engineer, 7th Nov. 1767--18th Jan. 1768. (47) pp. 1169-88, Bengal Secret Consultations 3rd-19th Feb. 1785, Departure of Warren Hastings, Letters to the Country Powers by Hastings and his successor John Macpherson, Demand of the Nizam for a New Treaty.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
036-000004913
040-000004916 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/803-806 : Printed papers copied for Sir George Forrest from the Madras Records
IOR/H/805 : Papers from Bengal and Madras. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0455]/036-000004913[0003]/040-000004916
- 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:
- 1785
- Date Range:
- 1756-1785
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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