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Mss Eur G37/2/3

Record Id:: 040-000799810
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000799779
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000286.0x00005f
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur G37/2/3
Title:: Letters, draft letters and minutes.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000799670
036-000799779
040-000799810
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…

Mss Eur G37/2/3 : Letters, draft letters and minutes.
Contains:: Mss Eur G37/2/3 f.1 : Draft public notice of the withdrawal of Company protection from Free Merchants.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.2-3 : Draft minute in Clive's handwriting on behalf of the select committee forming a progress report.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.4-5 : Draft resolution to give the Governor General and Council full civil and military powers.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.6-7 : Draft report and observations of the select committee, in Clive's handwriting.
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'.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.10-11 : Heads of a letter from Clive to the Court of Directors.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.12-15 : Draft letter in Clive's handwriting addressed to Mr Verelst.
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…
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.18-19 : Letter from Margaret Clive to her son Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.20-25 : Draft letter from Clive to his father.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.26-27 : Draft letter in Clive's handwriting addressed to Colonel Smith.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.28-35 : Draft letters in Clive's handwriting to anonymous recipients.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.36-39 : Extracts in Clive's handwriting from letters to various persons including General Oglethorp and Captain Durasid.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.40-45 : Draft minute in Clive's handwriting concerning his alleged ill-treatment of Mr Spencer.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 f.46 : Draft declarations made by Clive.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.47-52 : Draft minute in Clive's handwriting outlining his actions with regard to the inland trade.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.53-54 : Draft speech in Clive's handwriting concerning a fraud investigation.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.55-56 : Draft minute in Clive's handwriting regarding his jagir.
Mss Eur G37/2/3 ff.57-62 : Extracts and drafts of minutes or letters, mostly short and/or incomplete

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Hierarchy:: 032-000799670[0002]/036-000799779[0003]/040-000799810
Container:: View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur G37
Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 folder containing 62 folios
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1765
End Date:: 1798
Date Range:: [Jul 1765]-10 May 1798
Era:: CE
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Former External References:: Mss Eur G37/Box 2 File 3
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)