Mss Eur C307/2

Sir John Call (and Messrs. Call and Wynch) to Benfield in Madras about his financial affairs and his dispute with Lord Pigot.1775-77

Copies of correspondence about the affairs of Muhammad Ali Khan Walajah, Nawab of the Carnatic, comprising:

[Captain] John Deane and George Paterson to the Nawab, about Pigot and the Tanjore affair.27 Oct 1776

C. Fraser, Madras Army, to the Nawab, protesting against his removal from the command at Ramnad.17 Jul 1776

George Paterson to Umdat-al-Umra, son and heir of the Nawab, reassuring him about the succession.28 Oct 1776

Unidentified note about the appointment of tahsils for the collection of revenue.Nd

Extract of letter from the Nawab to Lord Macartney about negotiations to take place between six appointees of the East India Company (including Benfield) and the Nawab's representative, Umdat-al-Umra.11 Oct 1781

Unidentified extract from letter, partly in cipher, about shipbuilding and the indigo trade. Another on the same subject, followed by its translation into cipher.[?1781]

Untranslated Tamil letter from the Nawab to Lord Macartney.13 Feb 1783

Translation of Tamil letter from the Nawab to Lord Macartney about the Nawab's relations with the East India Company.7 Mar 1782

Untranslated letter in cipher, with key.Nd

Note upon Poonah.Nd

Translation of Telugu declaration by Veerah Soamy about events in the Triplicane Bazaar in 1783.Nd

Copy of message from the Nawab to Macartney [all but the last two lines missing].7 May 1784

Draft of unidentified letter endorsed "Genl. Smith".Nd

C. Fraser, Madras Army, to Nawab Umdat al Umra, about his threatened removal from the command at Ramnad.17 Jul 1776

Draft of letter from [the Nawab] to Lord Shelburne, with general complaints.23 Mar 1783

Copy of letter from the Nawab to Macartney about the assignment of his revenues to his creditors.30 Jul 1783

Copy of letter from Macartney to the Nawab requesting originals of translated letters.21 Feb 1782

Copy of letter from the Nawab to Macartney about Tippu's attack on Trichinopoly.28 Feb 1782

Copy of letter from George Leonard Staunton, Macartney's Secretary, to Nawab Umrat al Umra while on a mission to Warren Hastings at Calcutta.5 Feb 1782

Translations of letters to the Nawab from Rao Pundut Purdhaun and Madharao Sadasheo [possibly the son and nephew of Balaji I, Peshwa], about negotiations with him.nd

Translation of letter from the Nawab to Warren Hastings about his investment of Macartney with power to collect revenues.19 Mar 1782

Copy of letter from the Nawab to Sir Eyre Coote, complaining about the behaviour of Macartney.22 Sep 1782

[Original?] letter from the Nawab to Benfield about Benfield's loan to support the Nawab's operations in Tanjore.2 May 1776

Copy of letter from the Nawab to Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes complaining about Macartney's behaviour.20 Feb 1783

Copy of note from Sir Eyre Coote to the Nawab promising him an interview.12 May 1782

Copies of translations of statements in Persian by various persons involved in disputes about rice-sales in the Nawab's bazaar [at Triplicane].27th Rubellowel 1197 [1783]

Rough copy of translation of letter from Nawab Umdat al Umra to Richard Joseph Sulivan, Madras Civil Service, about a recent meeting between Sulivan's brother John, Umdat and the Nawab.Nd

Translation of extracts from the Treaty of 17 May 1782 between the East India Company and the Peshwa Madho Rao Pundut Purdhawn.1782

Draft of unidentified letter to Macartney about affairs among the Mahratta states.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab, probably to Lord Shelburne [but wrongly endorsed as being to Macartney], referring to his earlier complaints about Macartney's behaviour, to the death of Haidar Ali, and to political events in Madras.[1782/83]

Draft of letter from the Nawab to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, complaining about Macartney's behaviour.22 Mar 1782

Translations of further extracts [Articles 1-8] from the East India Company's treaty with the Peshwa.1782

Copy of note from Nawab Umdat al Umra to Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes.19 Feb 1782

Draft of unidentified letter from the Nawab.nd

Draft of letter, probably from the Nawab to Shelburne, congratulating him on his new office [probably as First Lord of the Treasury, Jul 1782] and mentioning Haidar Ali's death.[1782/83]

Draft of letter, probably from the Nawab to Edmund Burke, about his relations with the East India Company's servants in Madras.nd

Translation of letter from the Nawab to the Queen of Great Britain, stating general grievances.1 Sep 1782

Draft of letter from the Nawab to John Robinson, M.P., complaining about the behaviour of the East India Company's servants in Madras.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab to Laurence Sulivan, M.P., asking for his support against Macartney.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab to Wills Hill, 2nd Viscount Hillsborough (later 1st Marquess of Downshire), complaining about Macartney's behaviour and the incompetence of the Company's forces in checking Haidar Ali's invasion of the Carnatic.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab to Henry Strachey, M.P., congratulating him on his new office [probably as joint Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, 1782], and asking for his support against Macartney.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab to Charles James Fox, M.P., congratulating him on his new office [as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mar 1782 or Apr 1783] and asking for his support against Macartney.[1782/83]

Draft of letter from the Nawab to [Sir] Henry Fletcher, M.P., asking for his support against Macartney.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab to Robert Gregory, M.P., asking for his support against Macartney.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab to Shelburne, congratulating him on his new office [as Secretary of State for Home and Colonial Affairs, Mar 1782, or as First Lord of the Treasury, Jul 1782] and asking for his support against Macartney.Nd

Draft of letter from the Nawab to General Richard Smith, M.P., asking for his support against Macartney.Nd

Duplicate copy of letter from Benfield to Richard Atkinson, M.P. 91735-85), London merchant and Treasury contractor, criticizing Macartney's behaviour and referring to the East India Company's treaty with the Peshwa.15 Jul 1782

Letter from the Nawab to Messrs. [Stephen] Sulivan and [John] Boyd [at Tanjore] about bonds connected with his debt to Benfield.15 Jul 1787

Copy of letter to Benfield from Lady Anne Lindsay (1750-1825), describing herself as a friend of the late Richard Atkinson, about Benfield's debt to Atkinson's estate in connection with his share in the Bogue plantation, Jamaica.19 Jul 1786

Copy of letter from Benfield to Atkinson, describing the war in Madras and asking for any news of the "Jamaica Concern".15 Oct 1781

Triplicate copy of letter from Benfield to Atkinson, describing the war in Madras and Macartney's refusal of his offer to act as a contractor to the army, and urging that the East India Company should take the part of the Nawab's creditors. Encloses a bulse of diamonds to settle his account with Atkinson.26 Jan 1782

Copy of letter from Benfield to Atkinson, blaming Macartney for the army's poor performance in Madras and complaining about the "late Act of Parliament" [21 George III, c.65] which stated that the Company should contribute to the cost of fighting forces in the East Indies.17 Oct 1782

Copy of letter from Benfield to Atkinson, blaming the army for its bungling in Madras after Haidar Ali's death, and contrasting Macartney unfavourably with Hastings. Urges Atkinson to do something about the Nawab's Consolidated Fund, in which Benfield is "deeply concerned".13 Aug 1783