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Mss Eur G37/4/4
- Record Id:
- 040-000800012
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000799973
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000286.0x000069
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G37/4/4
- Title:
- Drafts of defences made by Clive to Parliament, the Court of Directors and possibly also the public
- Scope & Content:
- The majority of the texts are in his own handwriting. The drafts of Clive's parliamentary speech defending his own conduct in Bengal seem to have been made in tandem since both contain amendments which do not appear in the other copy.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000799670
036-000799973
040-000800012 - 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 G37/4 : Incoming and outgoing correspondence and drafts of speeches made by Clive in his own defence.
Mss Eur G37/4/4 : Drafts of defences made by Clive to Parliament, the Court of Directors and possibly also the public - Contains:
- Mss Eur G37/4/4 ff.1-30 : Draft of Clive's parliamentary speech defending his own conduct in Bengal.
Mss Eur G37/4/4 ff.31-68 : Another draft of Clive's parliamentary speech defending his own conduct in Bengal.
Mss Eur G37/4/4 ff.69-104 : A defence of Clive against the charges brought against him, made for the benefit of the Court of Directors.
Mss Eur G37/4/4 ff.105-156 : A similar defence; folios 38-50 are not included in the defence to the Court of Directors and deal with the second…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur G37/4/4 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000799670[0004]/036-000799973[0004]/040-000800012
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur G37
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file containing 156 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1767
- End Date:
- 1777
- Date Range:
- c 1772
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur G37/Box 4 File 4
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)