Miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating primarily to military, but including some civil, matters deriving from Clive’s second and third periods of service, 1756-1759 and 1765-1766. The papers from the earlier period include inter alia a copy [c. 1756] of the Maratha letter to Roger Drake [Governor of Bengal 1752-1758] offering assistance and recompense for losses at Calcutta, signals to be observed by ships and vessels, [ 1756x1757], duplicate correspondence and rough/’foul’ minutes of a council of war concerning events prior and subsequent to Plassey, June 1757, an abstract of a letter, [post 1758], to Mr. Ives [naval surgeon] on the revolution in Bengal, a letter, 11 Oct. 1759, from Clive to an unidentified addressee concerning the presence of the Dutch armament at Cinsura, and a note and receipt on the delivery of medals, 1759. Amongst papers representing the later period are duplicates of letters from Clive to members of the Calcutta council and military personnel, 1765, and a petition relating to assistance for the widow of Titus Hubbert, gunner in the 3rd Company of Artillery, 1766.