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I sent you a letter through the Peshkar but have not received any reply. I hope you have received this letter. We are all praying here day and night for your welbeing. I was hoping that you would write to me when you arrive at Murshidabad but now we hear that you and the Nawab were going to Calcutta instead. I hope you will write to me from there. -- Earlier I had sent news reports from Shahjahanabad and from the court of Shuja al-Daulah. At present, I have no further news about the army of Shuja al-Daulah. The latest news about him is that he has gone to Jaunpore to settle matters between Benares and Jaunpore. Therefore, Rajah Balvind Singh has provided a bank draft of one Lac rupees and has promised to pay a further two Lacs. The Nawab after leaving Jaunpore marched towards the northeast to a place called Karakat, which is at a distance of seven Karohs from Jaunpore. From here he is going to Ghazipore. He has refused to accept fifty thousand rupees which were brought in by the vakil of Nawab Fazl Ali Khan. The Marhatta army, which had reached Lahore, is retuning to Shajahanabad. Their forward column has reached Sirhind and Nawab Ghazi al-Din Khan who did not agree with the Prince is staying in the mansion of Ali Mardan Khan. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/1, entry no. 8.

I was delighted to know from your letter that the Prince had to abandon the siege of Azimabad and after his defeat he has now fled across the river Son and that you are in hot pursuit. I am thankful to the Almighty for this great victory and pray for His blessings upon you.

I had written a letter of warning to Rajah Tilok Chand and later sent my men to ask him that he, along with his officials, should attend to the state affairs as soon as possible. Rajah Ram Singh who is coming to see you will be able to give you further details. -- P.S. I will be coming to see you on Friday.

Rajah Ram Singh [Governor of Midnapore] arrived here today, i.e. Tuesday. He had brought with him two drafts of fifty thousand rupees. I informed Amir Beg Khan that Rajah Ram Singh says that he would deposit this sum only after he was assured that he would be restored to the Risalahdarship. Amir Beg Khan replied that the case of his appointment to risalah would be decided only if Clive and Amir Beg Khan would write to the Nawab Sahib for this. I could recall two hundred horsemen and five hundred artillery men under the charge of a friend of mine, Mir Sulaiman, and place Rajah Ram Singh in charge of this force but he did not accept this offer saying that he had nothing to do with this risalah. Amir Beg Khan advised me that I should refer the matter to you. I will be awaiting for your decision on this issue. Meanwhile, at mid-day on Sunday I came to know that Rajah Tilokchand, a zamindar of Burdwan, with his men were obstructing our employees in sending government money to you. I have therefore sent a force of twenty five horsemen and one hundred soldiers to Burdwan to bring Ramchand Diwan and `q Majmuhdar Gokal [?]. Later it was revealed by these two that the Deputy Diwan Raghu Indar was behind this mischief. They have now instructed their staff not to obstruct our messengers. I request you to send me a letter in English for Mr Scrafton who is in Muradbagh saying that he should recall the men he had sent to bring money to Burdwan and that he should not receive any money in Muradbagh.

Ganga Ram came to see Rajah Rajballabha Sahib and told him that Bishnu Charan Bose, son of the late Ram Nath, owes him money, household utensils, clothes, etc. which he had left with him on trust. It is therefore requested that you may order your employees to call Bishnu Charan before them and recover the money, utensils and clothes, etc. from him.

After taking you leave I reached Hugli at one pihr and four ghari of the day on Monday the 24th of Muharram, San 6. Here I received the news that Jagat Seth Mahtab Rae had reached Chakdah yesterday. I am hoping that he will reach there today. I am sending Bejhnath who represents the Seth Sahib at the Hugli factory to go out to receive and welcome him here.

Rajah Dulabha Ram Bahadur is a very unhappy and worried man nowadays and has written to Mr Scrafton as well as to you about his difficulties. He has no one else to turn to except yourself and I hope you will be able to consider his request for help with kindness and reply to him accordingly.

I have just reached home after travelling for two days. After I have attended to my customary duties here I will come and pay another visit to you. As you are my only benefactor and patron I continuously pray for your prosperity and good health.

Acknowledges receipt of two letters and two vouchers for payment of salaries for the years 1165 and 1166 Bangla. He will pass on the parvanahs sent to him on to Amir Beg Khan and will send a detailed report afterwards.

In reply to the letter your officials had written to the Nawab Sahib regarding Rajah Tilok Chand and the Rani of the deceased Rajah Karamchand a letter was received from the Nawab Sahib on the 16th of Rabi al-Avval, San 6. This is being sent to you for your information. Whatever amount of revenue was received from Burdwan was sent to Calcutta promptly. I am sending a reminder to Ramchand at Burdwan. Whatever amount reaches here in future will also be despatched to you similarly.

I had sent my people to collect revenue from each district. They went by boat from station to station and have collected one Lac and fifty thousand rupees. Today, which is the first of Safar and 21st of the month of As?, this sum is being sent under the charge of Abd-Ghani and a representative of Rajah Tilok Chand so that it can be deposited in the treasury. Efforts are being made to collect the remaining two Lacs from the aforesaid rajah and Rajah Lahauri Mall. -- P.S. Jagat Seth Mihta and Maharajah Sarupchand have written to you. I hope you will be able to reply to them soon after reading their letters

A contemporary translation of the contentsis CR8/1, entries 63-4.-- This letter appears to be the untranslated letter that Clive refers to in his of 10 March 1757, presumably written by Nandakumara in response to Clive's of 8 March 1757.

Refers to transfer of large sums of money in relation to 29th of Safar, in particular 150,000 rupees sent from Hughli to Calcutta. Also mentions Shitab Rai and receipt of a letter from Azimabad.

I have already sent you my report on the district. I hope you have received it. I have so far been able to collect twenty five thousand rupees as revenue from Arcott. This has been sent to the treasury. For the collection of the rest I have appointed men in each corner. Whatever is collected will be sent to you. Ramdev Naik reached here yesterday. The cavalry and foot soldiers that were called in by Diwan Ramchand to Burdwan with the treasury have now returned and will be sent to you soon. I am enclosing a letter from Amir Beg Khan. I hope you will be able to reply soon. I would like to assure you that I am trying my best to collect the revenue from the districts of Hoogli, Nadyah, Burdwan, Nachli, etc. -- Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/2, entry no. 85.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CR2/5, entry no. 190.

Refers to the transfer of 21,000 rupees to Hughli with the knowledge of Manik Ram and states that tomorrow will be Friday 26 Rabi` al-Thani. Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CC2/6, entry no. 226.

Refers to the French factory and mentions two parvanahs in the name of Admiral [Watson] Sahib, [who died 16 August 1757], as well as letters from the sardar, or chief, of Qasimbazar

Thank you for your letter with two receipts of payment of salaries for the year 1164 Bangla [1757 AD]. We require two more receipts of salaries for the years 1165 [1758 AD] and 1166 [1759 AD] Bangla. It is hoped that these will be issued so that we can issue orders for payments to the Company, Members of Council and Committees. I am returning with this letter the two receipts for 1164 Bangla.

I have just reached home after travelling for two days. After I have attended to my customary duties here I will come and pay another visit to you. As you are my only benefactor and patron I continuously pray for your prosperity and good health.

An old friend of mine, Shaikh Muhammad Kamal of Asadabad, otherwise known as Baqi Bazar is coming to see you. I will be grateful if you could receive him with courtesy.