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Mss Eur G37/8/4
- Record Id:
- 040-000800306
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000800293
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000286.0x0000bd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G37/8/4
- Title:
- Incoming letters, including letters in code and letters in Persian and Bengali.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000799670
036-000800293
040-000800306 - 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 G37/8 : Documents relating to military affairs in India, Clive's jagir and Clive's administration.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 : Incoming letters, including letters in code and letters in Persian and Bengali. - Contains:
- Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.1 : Letter from William Watts passing on a request for various items requested by an Armenian contacts.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.2-53 : Letters from William Watts.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.54-60 : Letters in cypher, probably in William Watts' handwriting.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.61-66 : Letters in cypher, probably in William Watts' handwriting.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.67 : Letter in code, probably in William Watts' handwriting outlining the articles of the agreement with Mir Jafar.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.68-69 : Incomplete set of decrypts of letters from an unidentified correspondent (probably Watts) concerning military matters.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.70-72 : Letter to Clive from the Select Committee partly in cypher and partly in plain text concerning his alliance with Mir…
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.73-74 : Two short letters from Mr Scrafton, one in cypher.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.75 : Proposals made by Hafiz Rahaut Kahn to the King.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.76-77 : Copy of Ruy Sujah Roy's Letter to Colonel Smith.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.78 : Copy of a letter from Shuja ud-Duala to Colonel Smith.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.79 : Copy of a letter from Shuja ud-Daula.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.80 : Copy of a letter from Shjwr Rahmet Khan.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.81-82 : Letter and translation from Mahmud Riza Khan to Clive concerning trade.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.83 : Letter in Bengali.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.84-98 : Letters in Persian.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 ff.99-100 : Letters, probably in Persian.
Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.101 : Unsigned note enclosing a copy of a letter (not present).
Mss Eur G37/8/4 f.102 : Note in Bengali.
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- 032-000799670[0008]/036-000800293[0004]/040-000800306
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur G37
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file containing 102 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1757
- End Date:
- 1775
- Date Range:
- 1757-1775
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur G37/Box 8 File 4
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)