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A copy of the appointment, 2 May 1766, of Anthony Polier as a major on the Bengal establishment, a note of the proposed appointment, [post March 1769], on Clive’s recommendation, of Robert Wilson as a surgeon, and copies of minutes and the general letter of the Court of Directors, 10 April 1771, concerning the restoration of Sir Robert Fletcher to the service and ‘the late Appointment of Mr [John] Petrie’.

Records of the Calcutta council and its committees, 1757-1768, and of the mayor' s court (one of its courts of justice), [c. 1765]-1766, dating from Clive' s first and second periods as governor of Bengal (1758-1760 and 1765-1767) although his first term is only very sparsely represented. The papers for 1768 refer to matters that occupied Clive before he resigned office in 1767.

Includes an inaugural letter of Clive stating his objectives for the committee, orders for the recall of ‘Free Merchants’ and ‘Europeans not immediately in the Company’s Service’ who are residing ‘up the Country’, letters received from and despatched to General Carnac and others concerning military and financial matters and the establishment of peace, depositions and a letter (translated from Persian) relating to the presents received by various councillors from the Nawab.

Includes further letters from Clive and other members of the committee in the field concerning Indian politics.

Copy, duplicate and draft correspondence and papers, 1757-1759, 1765-1767 relating to the council and committee business. It includes a copy of Clive’s general letter to the Company replying to the criticisms of its directors, Dec. 1759, papers relating to the arbitrary confinement of Indians, the receipt of presents by councillors [c. 1766], and Clive’s departure from Bengal, Jan. 1767, copy agreements, 1765-1766, relating to the trade in salt and betel-nut, a list of the letters, dated 1757-1758, sent in the Company’s secret committee’s packet to the select committee at Fort William and communications, 1759 and 1763, between the Fort William council and the chiefs at Luckipor.

A copy, 20 Oct. 1766, of the proceedings of a meeting of the court held on 1 Oct. 1766 devoted exclusively to the public oath and bond taken and executed by Clive as governor to refrain from engaging in trade and sworn as a precedent to future governors. They bear the seal of the court and the signatures of James Lister, the mayor, and John Holme, the register.

Copies and abstracts of accounts and financial estimates, etc., compiled from the Company’s official books by officers in London between Jan. 1767 and Nov. 1770. The actual accounts together with projections, however, date from 1752 to 1772. They include accounts of the duties paid on East India goods, the value of exports, the expenses connected with the Company’s settlements, its sundry expenses incurred on account of the wars in the East Indies from 1754 to 1766, its use and victualling of royal forces, the sums granted to it by Parliament, the state of its debts and credits, and an estimate of cargoes and details of its revenues from Bengal and other districts.

Copies and abstracts of projected accounts, 1752-1771.

Journals of the ‘State of Affairs and Accounts’ of Henry Harnett of Calcutta, a Company servant, continued presumably by his executors after his death in 1727. The journals contain details of his personal accounts, his respondentia loans secured on ships’ cargoes and his interests (described as ‘adventures’) in internal trade. The journals cover the years from 1727 to 1729, but the earliest transactions date back to 1725.

Papers, [c. 1760]-[c. 1763], of William Dobbins [an east India Company servant?] comprising his current account with the Nawab and a list of persons ‘who lent money to William Dobbins when in Nabob’s Service’.

Rentals, 1768-1770, of cottages and other properties in the lordships of Usk and Trelleck in the town of Usk and the parishes of Glasgoed, Llanbadog, Usk town, Llanfihangel Pont-y-moel, Gwehelog, Llandenni, Llanishen, Llangofen, Llanwynno, Llan-soe, Llanfihangel Torymynydd, Gwernesi, Dingestow, Llantrissent, Trostre, Wolvesnewton, Pen-allt, Llandogo, Tintern, Trelleck, Mitchell Troy, Cwmcarfan, Usk, Llangyfiw, Llan-gwm, Wolvesnewton, Cilgwrwg, and Penclawdd giving names of landlords and tenants, the name (including field names), extent, and location (by parish) of the property, its value, observations/remarks on its ‘quality’ (i.e. condition, physical characteristics and use) and the amount of rent payable.