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Received your letter and read its contents. I have passed the enclosed note to the person concerned. I will send you his reply as soon as I receive one. Please do let us know the news of your good health and welfare

I am very pleased to have received the news of your good health. May I request you not to send tobacco in such a large quantity as it does not stay fresh for very long. I am looking forward to meeting you personally. Please do let me know when you will be visiting the Karhati Garden so that I can arrange to be there at the same time. Please also let me know the day you want to celebrate your victory in the battle of Plassey so that I could join you in the celebrations.

I was glad to receive your letter and the news of your good health, along with a letter from Maharajah Sahib regarding sending the staff of Chaklah Hoogli and Chaklah Panchli[?] to Murshidabad as my peshkar Lalah Jagannath Das had gone to see the Maharajah to express his condolence and is back here only for the last four days. For the past two days he has been busy in preparing the wages of the staff of the Company who have come here. God willing he will be able to send them back to Murshidabad tomorrow. Please let me know whether the victory celebrations are to be held at Karhati Bagh or in Calcutta.

Mentions the celebration of victory on the 19 inst. and the arrival of Amir Beg 4-5 days before the above-mentioned date.

have not received any news from you for the past few days. Please do let me know that you are well. Salam to Bibi Sahibah.

Sometime back I put the court case of Rajah Kishn Chand before you and you advised that I should call him for a personal interview. He will be coming to see you soon. I will appreciate if you could treat him with kindness.

I have not received any news from you for the past four or five days. Please do let me know that you are well. Salam to Bibi Sahibah.

Just to let you know that I reached Hugli safely and all is well here.

Refers to events of Saturday 6 Dhi al-Hijjah [12 August 1758] and of the previous day in Hughli and Plassey, and ends with greetings to his wife. -- Another, contemporary (and very different) translation of the contents is CC2/2, entry no. 54.

Mr John [Fix?] an Englishman who escaped from Calcutta during the troubles has arrived in Shajahanabad and is now with me. He has asked me to intervene and recommend to you that his case may be considered sympathetically.

Refers to a dastak of Mr Roger Drake, possibly that dated reg. yr 4, 11th Sha`ban 1171 [21 April 1758], enclosed in Nandakumara's letter of 25th October 1758 [i.e. no. CR9/11/29].

I hope you are well. Kindly write to me regading your health and wellbeing.

I had received a letter from Mr Watts Sahib that he was sending ten boxes containing one Lac rupees and that I should look after them and inform you about their arrival. These boxes sealed with the seal of Mr Watts have now arrived here and the letter, which accompanied these boxes, is being sent to you. Please let me know what action to take regarding this amount. Also please reply to Mr Watts's letter that I have received the amount. -- P.S. I had received a parvanah addressed to you from the Nawab. This is enclosed with this letter. Please send me a reply so that I could forward it to the Nawab. [Not included].

I have received an envelope from the Nawab containing a letter addressed to you. This is enclosed for your information. Please reply to it after reading its contents so that I could pass it on to the Nawab. -- Enclosure: Maharajah Ram Narayan is sending Khvajah Muhammad Ashraf to you. He was delayed here for four or five days to attend to some important matters. He is now on his way to see you and to give details of various matters. Fakhr al-Tujjar Khvajah Wajid is trying to harm him and he has old enmity with Siva Babu. I am writing this for your information.

I have just recovered from my illness and as soon as I get my strength back I will come and see you.

aYou had promised to send me some tea. I will be here if this could be sent to me now.

I have just received two letters from the Nawab, one is addressed to Mr Watts and the other to you. I have been instructed by the Nawab to receive a reply to these letters as soon as possible and send them to him. I am enclosing both these letters [missing]and request to send me their replies so that I can pass them on to the Nawab Earlier after receiving the account of the Dutch he wrote to the Director of Dutch East India Company at Chochrah. The letter was delivered to him by the peshkar of Fakhr al-Tujjar/ Chief trader Sada Shiv. As a result the Company currency from Calcutta was made common currency in Chochrah. There were three other clauses in the agreement with the Dutch, which were all accepted by them, including the removal of their check post.

Refers to the arrival of Muhammad Shakir with a negro (zingi) and a horse.

Thank you for your kind letter asking me to make sure that the Dutch ships depart from this area. They have assured me in writing as well as verbally informed me that they are waiting for the crew to return and as soon as they return the ships will depart from Muhammadpore? The letter from the Dutch authorities is enclosed for your information [Not ncluded].

I am sending a pair of good-looking horses for you through Mirza Fazil Beg. I will be grateful if you will inform me when he arrives there. I hope to come and see you soon.