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Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, June 7 received
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

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Shawwal 8 received: June 16 received
Mentions the celebration of victory on the 19 inst. and the arrival of Amir Beg 4-5 days before the above-mentioned date

Date(s) on item: October 22 received 1757
The Nawab has reminded me to send a reply to his parvanah I had submitted to you some time ago. Kindly send me your reply so that I could write to the Nawab Sahib

Date(s) on item: November 9 received 1757
I have been informed that the boats which had gone to collect salt at Chaklah Nichli [?] have been confiscated by your staff and do not want to release them. As this is the season to collect salt and the main income of the area is from this commodity it is requested that you ask your officials to release these boats and their staff
Meanwhile, I have received a letter from the Nawab Sahib addressed to you and another one addressed to Mr Roger Drake. These are enclosed with this letter [missing]
Another, contemporary translation of the contents is CR8/1, entry 269

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

Refers to a dastak of Mr Roger Drake, possibly that dated reg. yr 4, 11 Sha`ban 1171 [21 April 1758], enclosed in Nandakumara's letter of 25 October 1758

Two enclosures give accounts in tabular form on the imprisonment of a certain Muazzim Beg Kamdan, in relation to the subah-dar `Usman and the East India Company

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 4, Muharram 15 sent: October 1 received 1757
Mr Watts Jiv had sent a box containing one Lac rupees from Qasimbazar. This was sent to you. I hope it has reached you safely. As I have not received any news I will be grateful if you could send news of its arrival. Nowadays the rumours are that the French are coming back. I will send you the details when I hear anything further

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Wednesday evening sent; RabiI 2 received: October 24 received I have been keeping myself busy in gathering information asked by Calcutta. Today, Tuesday, 1 of Rabi I, the Dutch Captain in charge of Qasim Bazar with four other people and with four captains of ships, two assistants and a Vakil came to see the Nawab. They were presented with Khillat, Sar-panj, etc., for the Directors of the Dutch East Company. I am writing this for your information
P.S. At the time of writing this letter they are all staying in the garden of Chief Trader [Fakhr al-Tujjar] and they have not entered the fort

Acknowledges receipt of his letter along with a list of employees. Informs him of his ill health and hopes that he will recover soon. God willing he will be able to visit him on Tuesday. A letter he has received from Qasim Ali Khan is enclosed for his information. Date(s) from item: Rabi` I 21 received: November 12 received
Enclosure: Letter from Mir Qasim Ali Khan to Clive. Ramanand, Chaudhari of parganah Mihtey, etc., is one of Clive’s faithful servants. There may be some people who may try to malign him by writing to Clive. Please do not believe any of these accusations

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Dhu al-Hijjah 1 received: July 26 received
I have sent a parvanah I received from the Nawab regarding the travel arrangements of Nawab Nasir al-Mulk Bahadur to come and see you. I hope you have seen this by now. I will be grateful if you could send this parwanah back to me so that I could return it to the Nawab

Date(s) on item: Dhu al-Hijjah 4 received: July 29 received
Thank you very much for your letter informing that you had intended to destroy the mansions / havelis but my servants were resisting these orders. I would like to assure you that they have no authority to resist your commands. On the contrary they are ready to assist you in the destruction of these havelis. It seems someone is trying to create differences among us by spreading rumours against us

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Dhu al-Hijjah 15 received: August 12 received
Received your letter regarding the complaint of cruelty lodged by Mirza Nur Ali against me and your annoyance at such a report as well as asking me to pay the overdue amount from Hoogli and the wages of the Company employees to Divan Nand Kumar as soon as possible. My dear Sir, I have not seen Mirza Nur Ali Beg for a long time as I had no business to do so. I am surprised at the baseless accusations he has levied against me. As far as your anger regarding the overdue amount from Hoogli is concerned, I have already written to you a number of times explaining my situation and if you feel angry after this I cannot do much about it. It will be better if you could send someone to investigate the allegations of Mirza Nur Ali Beg regarding the payment of wages to the Company employees. If I had the strength and time, I would like to come and see you to explain the situation personally to you

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, June 26 received
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

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Dhu al-Hijjah 7 received: August 13 received
In place of seal is written name of sender and, below it, 'muhr hazir nabud' [seal not present].
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

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Muharram 12 received: September 16 received
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

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Muharram 16 received: September 19 received
Encloses a memorandum on the movement of 4 ships, mentions the [Bangla] year 1166 [1759/60]), and dastak 'no. 77', bearing the seal of Roger Drake and dated 30 January 1758

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` I 25 received: November 27 received
I have just received a letter from Nawab Sahib addressed to you. This is enclosed with this letter. Please let me have your reply so that I can pass it on to Nawab Sahib.
Enclosure: Seal of Mir Muhammad Ja’far Khan Bahadur, Mahabatjang, Shuja al-Mulk Hisam al-Daulah, fidvi-yi Alamgir Badshah Ghazi 1170. 27 November rasid. Dated 12 Rabi al-Avval, San 5 [1171], 24 Nov. 1757
Date received 27 November [1757]; San 5; 15 Rabi al-Avval, [1171] San 5. From Mir Ja’far to Clive. Two hubble bubbles you had so kindly sent me are in a poor state now. As such hubble bubbles are not available here I will be grateful if you could arrange to send two similar pieces to me

Date(s) on item: December 29 received
I have received your letter stating that an Armenian has complained that he is not being allowed his merchandise loaded on two boats to be transferred on to a government ship and the officials are asking him to pay taxes. This Armenian is not telling the truth. As a matter of fact he left the boats on the night of 8th and 9th of this month and has expressed his satisfaction. I have instructed my men not to load anyone's merchandise on the official ships and these Armenians want to do the contrary. Anyhow, I have written to Nand Kumar to assist these Armenians. I have instructed him also that private merchandise should not be carried on official ships