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Mss Eur G37/14/8

Record Id:
040-000800745
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000800715
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000286.0x00011f
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37/14/8
Title:
Papers relating to the Select Committee.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000799670
036-000800715
040-000800745
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 G37/14 : Documents relating to the work of committees, letters, petitions to Clive and documents issued in his name.

 

Mss Eur G37/14/8 : Papers relating to the Select Committee.
Contains:
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.1-33 : Summaries of letters sent to and by the Select Committee, also including some notes of the proceedings of Select…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.34-37 : Letters and copies of letters concerning military arrangements.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.38 : Summary of letters from the Select Committee to Colonel Smith.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.39-44 : Lists of letters, either to or from Clive.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.45-46 : Extract from a letter sent from the Agents to the Squadron to Clive and the Council concerning payments promised by…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.47 : List of letters "to be called for" and other notes mostly concerning events in Bengal in the early 1760s, Mir Jafar…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.48-51 : Copy of a letter from the council at Fort St George to Roger Drake and the select Committee at Fort William dated…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.52-91 : Brief extracts from the proceedings of the Select Committee.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.92 : Draft plan for conducting the business of the Committee.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.93-100 : Extended extracts of a Select Committee meeting at Fort William while Harry Verelst was President on 23 February 1767.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.101-105 : List of payments between various named parties, mostly individuals, for sums between £500 and £2000. There is…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.106-107 : List of donations made by "the Nabob" to the Army and Navy in 1765 and 1766.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.108-114 : Company Accounts and statements of its financial situation in the 1760s.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.115-118 : "Extracts from Consultations".
Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.119 : Extracts giving details of the business of meetings.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.120-123 : List of questions to be answered concerning the charges laid against Clive.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.124-135 : Text of part of the findings of the Committee investigating Clive's administration during his second governorship…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.136-143 : Index to the Consultations and page references, possibly to the same work.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.144 : Extract from consultations concerning the suspension of Mr Leycester.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.145-147 : Miscellaneous notes, including references to enclosures in a letter from Clive to the Court of Directors dated 1…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.148-149 : Memorandum headed "Sykes" concerning Mr Sumner's ideas for the collection of Bengal revenues.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.150-159 : List of names and some addresses, possibly a list of voters.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.160 : Extract from a letter from the Duke of Cumberland dated 12 February 1730 referring to an extract from The Book of…
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.161-164 : Papers concerning unnamed consultations in 1765 and 1766.
Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.165-167 : Evidence given by Mr McGuire, probably at the hearings of the Committee for East India Company Affairs.
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Hierarchy:
032-000799670[0014]/036-000800715[0008]/040-000800745
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file containing 179 folios
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1757
End Date:
1778
Date Range:
1757-c 1773
Era:
CE
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Mss Eur G37/Box 14 File 8
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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