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Mss Eur Orme OV.288

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Mss Eur Orme OV.288

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Letters and Papers belonging to Lord Clive which he sent for the use of my history

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p. [i]. Endorsement as follows:- "Letters and Papers belonging to Lord Clive which he sent for the use of my history, to be redelivered. Parcel 2nd." pp. [iii-iv]. List of Contents.

1, pp. 1-6 (23.5 x 19 cm. Pages 5 and 6 are on a half sheet). Letter, dated East India House, 3 Dec. 1754, from Robert James to Clive. Original. Asks for an account of the incomes of the Province of Arcot, the Kingdoms of Tanjore and Mysore, and the district of Masulipatam, for the information of the Secret Committee of the Board of Directors. This is followed by Clive's notes on the subject. He says, on the authority of Muhammad Ali, that the income of Arcot was 100 lakhs of rupees, and that of Trichinopoly and Tanjore each 50 lakhs, and he estimates that of the French possessions in Masulipatam at £200,000, and that of Mysore at £3,000,000.
2, p. 7 (35 x 20.5 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nabob Mahomud Ally Khan Bahauder alias Anwarodean Khan to Mr. Clive Bahauder Saubit Jung. Translation. Sabit Jang, i.e., "the firm or steady in war," is, says Malcolm (Memoirs of Lord Clive, I. 209, note), "the title by which Clive is to this day known among the natives of India."
3, pp. 7-8 (35 x 20.5 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder Saubit Jung. Translation.
4, pp. 8-10 (35 x 20.5 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nabob Mahomud Ally Khan alias Anwarodean Cawn Bahauder to Mr. Clive. Translation. Expresses his satisfaction at the capture of Arcot and the hoisting of his, the Nawab's, colours; promises reinforcements and sends one Muhammad Muhammad to manage the collection of rent. N.B. The letter is imperfect.
5, p. 11 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder Sabit Jung. Translation. Congratulates him on the capture of M. d'Auteuil and Moatabar Khan.
6, pp. 11 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder Sabit Jung. Translation.
7, p. 12 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder Sabit Jung. Translation. Suggests the capture of Pichandar.
8, pp. 12-13 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder Sabit Jung. Translation. Congratulates him on his victory [at Samayavaram], recalling the glory which Clive had obtained "by defeating Raza Ally Khan and his force at Arcot and taking his Drum, flags and all other stately Ensigns from him," and says that "Derveish Khan," son of Alam Khan, has come over from the enemy.
9, p. 13 (30.5 x 19 cm.), Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder. Translation. Requests him to march to Trichinopoly in order to destroy Chanda Sahib.
10, pp. 13-14 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore’s Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder. Translation.
N.B. Apparently the order of letters 9-10 should be reversed, but the terms in which they are expressed are too vague to allow of any certainty.
11, p. 15 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Mahomud Ally Khan alias Anwarodean Khan Bahauder to Mr. Clive Bahauder Saubit Jung. Translation. Congratulates him on the capture of "Laul Guddy."
12, pp. 15-16 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Mahomud Ally Khan alias Anwarodean Khan Bahauder, to Mr. Clive Bahauder, Sanbit Jung. Translation. Congratulates him on the capture of Covelong, and asks what assistance he wants for his attack on Chingleput.
13, pp. 16-17 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Moorari Hindorow Ghorbeda to Mr. Clive Bahauder. Translation. Promises assistance in the attack on Volkonda.
14, pp. 17-18 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Moorari Hindorow Ghorbeda to Mr. Clive Bahauder. Translation. Offers assistance and advice in reference to the attack upon Utatur and Pichandar.
15, pp. 19-20 (37.5 x 24 cm.) Four letters, undated, from the King of Mysore to [Clive]. Translation in Clive's handwriting.
16, p. 21-23 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Two letters, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder Saubit Jung. Translation. Promises assistance, and asks him to come to Trichinopoly to put an end to Chanda Sahib.
17, pp. 25-26 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Three letters, undated, from Manaujy Row Jagadhap, the King of Tanjore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder Saubit Jung. Translation.
18, p. 29 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Vizia Raghoonanda Roy Tondoman, one of the Princes dependent on the throne of Trichinopoly, to Captain Clive Bahauder. Translation. N.B. Orme nowhere mentions the name of this Prince, but simply calls him "the Tondiman."
19, pp. 29-30 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, undated, from Nunjunda Rauz alias Nunda Rauz, the King of Mysore's Prime Minister and General of the Army, to Mr. Clive Bahauder. Translation.
20, pp. 30-31 (30.5 x 19 cm.). Two letters, undated, from Nabob Mahomud Ally Khan alias Anwarodean Khan Bahauder to Mr. Clive Bahauder Saubit Jung. Translations.
21, p. 33 (25 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 30 Nov. 1752, from Lawrence to Clive. Original. Regrets to hear of his illness (fits) and asks for news.
22, p. 37 (25 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 9 Dec.1752, from Lawrence to Clive. Original. Says that he is right in making the envious attacks on him a subject of mirth, and hopes that Mr. Saunders "may not make as bad a hand of it as I did with the French Barber, at least he bids very fair, and I could wish the part you and I have acted could help the cause more than it has as 'twas well designed." Apparently he refers to M. Dupleix as "the French Barber." See 287. 113.
23, pp. 41-43 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Camp at Trivady, 19 Feb. 1753, from Lawrence to Clive. Original. Asks him to take charge of his letters to England, also of two runts for Mr. Mabbott and wishes him a good voyage.
24, pp. 45-47 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Camp at Trivady, 22 Feb. 1753, from Lawrence to Clive. Original. Repeats his farewells and asks him, if questioned at home regarding Lawrence's quarrel with Saunders, to say what he knows; protests very generously that Clive is under no obligation to him.
25, pp. 49-51 (20.5 x 16 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady Camp, 11 March 1753, from Lawrence to Clive. Original. Sends a packet for Mr. James; says that his differences with Mr. Saunders have hurt the public, and is astonished that Clive should have fallen under Mr. Saunders' displeasure; thinks Clive's marriage a wise step and wishes him a prosperous voyage.
26, pp. 53-54 (24 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivadi, 15 Oct. 1752, from Lawrence to Clive. Original. Says that he is wasting time owing to Saunders not having replied to his letters, and that there is some mistake about his supposed recommendation of Trusler for a troop.
27, pp. 57-60 (24 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady, 23 Oct. 1752, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Gives details of accounts, and wishes that he or Clive could manage to settle the differences between Lawrence and Saunders, and also the question of his getting a company.
28, pp. 61-64 (24 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady, 7 Nov. 1752, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Refers to accounts and the question of his own commission.
29, pp. 65-71 (19 x 15.7 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 29 Nov. 1752, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Regrets to hear of his fits, and urges him to go to England; says that he is much worried regarding his own prospects; fears that Vencatchellum has made away with a Receipt for 1,000 rupees.
30, pp. 73-75 (25 x 19.3 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 11 Dec. 1752, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Explains that he could not help taking a part in Lawrence's differences with Saunders when the Council joined in the matter, though he tried to keep out of it as long as possible.
31, pp. 77-80 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 3 Jan. 1752/3, from James Repington to Clive. Original.
32, pp. 81-83 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady, 13 Jan. 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original.
33, pp. 85-88 (24 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady Camp, 21 Jan. 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Says that under the circumstances the post of Steward is not a paying one, and that he expects Clive's successor, Mr. Boddam, will be glad to pay to get rid of it, that the Major swears no one shall have the charge of the Train bullocks unless he is personally present in camp, and suggests that he and Mr. Palk might undertake that job.
34, p. 89 (20 x 16 cm.). Letter, dated Trevendiparum Camp, 2 Feb. 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Says that he has had to lend the Nawab 3,000 rupees before he would march.
35, pp. 93-94 (24 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady, 7 Feb. 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original.
36, pp. 97-99 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady, 22 Feb. 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Thanks Clive for getting the bullock contract for Palk and himself, and is glad that he will have Mr. Orme as a companion on his voyage. "I think Palk and you call him Cicero. If he's like the honest Roman of that name I can't pay you a greater compliment than by quoting a sentence out of Quintilian, 'Hoc prepositum sit nobis exemplum. Ille se profecisse sciat cui Cicero valde placebit,' and I must conceive a good opinion of Mr. Orme because he's esteemed by two gentlemen for whose judgment I have a profound veneration."
37, pp. 101-102 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Camp at Trivady, 25 Feb. 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Congratulates him on his marriage.
38, pp. 103-106 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Camp at Trivady, 3 March 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Incomplete.
39, pp. 107-110 (22.5 x 18 cm.). Draft letter, undated, from Clive to Walsh. Almost illegible, but apparently written from England in 1753 or 1754.
40, p. 111 (25 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 25 October 1752, from John Carey to Clive. Original. Asks whether Clive or Charles Saunders is to supply the French prisoners.
41, pp. 115-116 (25.2 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 28 October 1752, from John Carey to Clive. Original.
42, pp. 117-118 (25.2 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 6 Nov. 1752, from John Carey to Clive. Original.
43, pp. 119-122 (30 x 24.5 cm.). Letter dated 28 June [1752], from John Dalton to Clive. Original. Explains his share in the officers' petition against the reduction of Batta. N.B. This affair is described in the Council's letter to the Court of Directors, dated 6 August 1751, para. 15.
44, pp. 123-124 (29 x 22 cm.). Letter, dated Trichinopoly, 21 Oct. 1752, from John Dalton to Clive. Original. Congratulates him on his successes and rallies him on the rumours of his marriage.
45, p. 125 (18.5 x 15.5 cm.). Letter, dated 22 Feb. 1753, from John Philip Fabricius and J. Ch. Breithaupt to Clive. Original. Thanking Clive for his handsome present to their Mission. In the Public Proceedings of the 9th Oct. 1752, a letter from the Protestant (i.e., Danish) missionaries is referred to. In this the missionaries offer their thanks for a grant of 500 Pagodas from the Company for their Church and School, and ask permission to supplement it by raising a charitable subscription.
46, p. 129 (21.5 x 16.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 12 Jan. 1753, from Captain John Case to Clive. Original. Sends him some military plans.
47, p. 133 (19.5 x 15.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. George, 15 Jan. 1753, from Edmund Maskelyne to Clive. Original. Informs him that he is required to preside at a Court of Enquiry.
48, pp. 137-139 (23 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. George, 20 April 1753, from Edmund Maskelyne to Clive. Original. Refers to a longer letter for the scandalous charges brought against Orme since his departure; says that Lawrence is befriending "Shaik Gee."
49, pp. 141-143 (38.5 x 25 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. George, 27 Oct. 1753, from Edmund Maskelyne to Clive. Original. Sends him his account and a narrative of military events; says that "Shaik Gee" has been placed in command of three Companies; thinks it fortunate that Clive's money has been withdrawn from Mr. Levy Moses' hands before Moses' death; says that Mr. Saunders and Major Lawrence are now on better terms, "tho' never can be cordial friends, the former only concealing his rancour thro' absolute want of the old gentleman's abilities"; says that his own exchange has not yet been effected. Maskelyne had been taken prisoner by the French in June 1751 and allowed by Chanda Sahib to go to Madras on parole. See Orme's History, I. 175.
50, p. 145 (24.5 x 19 cm.). Summons to Monsieur Melon, Commandant du Fort de Chinglapett. Copy. Threatens to grant no terms unless he will surrender immediately. See 287. 79 above.
51, p. 147 (23 x 19 cm.). Letter, dated Devecotah, 6 Dec. 1752, from John Pybus to Clive. Original. Refers to Clive's illness.
52, p. 151 (23 x 19 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 30 Jan. 1753, from John Pybus to Clive. Original.
53, p. 155 (23.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, dated 22 Nov. [1752], from George Pigot to Clive. Original.
54, pp. 157-160 (23.5 x 19 cm.). Letter, dated Camp at Trivady, 8 March 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Says that Mr. Wynch's appointment as Steward has given everyone satisfaction, but is astonished at Clive recommending Merigeot to him:- "that rascal has got as much money as you have, the Major will certainly cut his ears off if he comes this way."
55, pp. 161-164 (24 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady Camp, 12 March 1753, from James Repington to Clive. Original. Asks his good offices with the Court of Directors.
56, pp. 165-166 (24 x 19.5 cm.). Letter, dated Fort St. David, 28 November 1752, from Sampson Morrice to Clive. Original. Asks payment for a horse which had been sold to Clive, but when Clive agreed to return it, Morrice was told by a "lusty Moorman who I know was a favourite of yours that you had given it to him and Vinkytachilum confirmed the same."
57, pp. 169-170 (22.5 x 18.5 cm.). Letter, dated Pondicherry, 13 November 1752, from [Captain John Henry] Schaub to Clive. Original. In French.
58, p. 173 (38.5 x 24 cm.). Letter, dated Trivady, 26 October 1752, from Alexander Kirk, Robert Revell, John Kempe, Sampson Morrice, and Alexander Boswall to Clive. Original. Promise to repay Clive on demand their shares of a sum of about Rs. 11,000, which had been reserved for the King of Mysore.
59, pp. 178-179 (29 x 22 cm.). An account of Provisions and Liquors bought and received for the month Nov. 1752. Draft. Apparently for the European troops.
60, pp. 182-183 (28.5 x 22 cm.). An account of Provisions and Liquors brot (?) and received for the month of November 1752. Draft. Apparently for the garrison of Trichinopoly.
61, p. 185 (32 x 19 cm,). Provision Account. Arcott, Nov. 1752. Draft.
62, pp. 190-191 (35 x 21 cm.). An account of Provisions and Liquors received and delivered in the month of December 1752. Draft.
63, pp. 194-195 (28.5 x 22.5 cm.). Captain Robert Clive's [Cash Account] for October 1752. Apparently a draft. Signed by Isaac Merigeot.
64, p. 197 (38.5 x 24 cm.). Account of the Cash paid for the Cooleys, &c., in the month of December 1752. Draft.
65, p. 199 (30 x 18 cm.). Captain Dalton's certificate on taking 7 English out of the French prisoners taken at Seringham. Copy. Dated 6 June 1752.
66, p. 203 (30 x 24 cm.). Charges dieting the military. Rough draft, endorsed December 1752. This paper shows that the cost to Government was approximately 15 rupees a month or 6 fanams a day for each European. There are no papers in this collection which show what the Steward actually spent. See 287. 106 above.
67, p. 205 (31.5 x 20 cm.). List of artillery and warlike stores now at Trivedy. Copy. Dated 12 July 1752.
68, p. 209 (30.5 x 18.3 cm.). Medical Prescription. Original, but unsigned. Given to Clive when about to leave for England in 1753. Probably written out by Doctor Hancock.
69, pp. 213-221 (31.5 x 19 cm.). Regulations of the Military, Artillery, and Seapoys on the coast of Chormandell. Copy. Signed George Pigot, but not, I think, in Pigot's handwriting.This appears to have been drawn up subsequent to the receipt in Madras of the Court's letter of the 15th Dec. 1752, but prior to the formation of battalions in 1759. It is endorsed "Military Regulations from Madras," and, in pencil, "December 1752," which date is impossible. In many points, e.g., the establishment and pay of a Sepoy Company, it corresponds closely to the order of November 1755 referred to by Colonel Wilson (Madras Army, I. 125), but there are discrepancies, e.g., in the special allowance to European sergeants commanding Sepoy Companies, which Wilson gives as Rs.20 p.m., whilst these regulations give 3 Pagodas only. The fact of these regulations being signed by Pigot tends to show they were subsequent to 1754 when he became Governor. See also Madras Military Consultations, 21 Nov. 1755.
70, p. 225 (24 x 20 cm.). List of officers killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. In Clive's handwriting. Copy of latter part of 14. 30. In the Table of Contents to 14 the list is said to cover April 1751 to Sept. 1752.
71, pp. 227-229 (22 x 18.5 cm.). Petition of Moadem Saib to Governor Thomas Saunders. Copy. Represents that, though placed in charge of certain districts by Captain Clive, he and his servants have been so ill-treated by the Nawab's people that his Gumashta "Coopana" has committed suicide.
72, p. 231 (20 x 12.5 cm.). A return of the killed and wounded in the Grenadier Company. No date.
73, pp. 233-236 (31.3 x 20cm.). Deposition of Monsieur Étienne Zilvaiguer, 8 May 1752. Copy. Duplicate of 287. 121. The general purport of this and similar depositions was to show that, whatever the English pretended, they really acted as principals in the war and not as mere allies.
74 p. 237 (10.5 x 17 cm.). A scrap containing part of a military return.

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India Office Records and Private Papers

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033-003394094
040-003677763

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Mss Eur Orme : Robert Orme papers.
Mss Eur Orme OV. : Orme Various

Mss Eur Orme OV.288 : Letters and Papers belonging to Lord Clive which he sent for the use of my history

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1752

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1754

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