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Originals, copies and translations of letters and associated documents, 1759-1769 (especially 1763-1766), including some in code, received and sent by Brigadier-General John Carnac and other officers of the East India Company in relation to the Company's business in Bengal and further afield, and touching a wide range of matters including: Indian politics; the Company's diplomatic and military relations with local rulers; army administration, accounts and logistics; military intelligence and campaigns; trade and tariffs; shipping; relations with the French and Dutch; relations with merchants; the Company's internal administration and politics; matters concerning individual Company officers; and Carnac's own personal matters including his health, his conduct and his legal and financial affairs; the correspondents include Henry Vansittart, Robert Clive, Warren Hastings and many other officers of the East India Company, as well as Indian rulers and French military officers and civilian officials.

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Title from outer scroll, which bears the vestige of red wax seal. The documents, written in Calcutta, include an account of jewels sent between the Bangla years 1167 and 1169, which relate to the period from 22 March 1760 to 21 March 1763 CE, or possibly to 1753-1756, if Hijri calendar. Also referred to in addition to Vansittart, who left India in 1764, are: Mir Muhammad Qasim Khan, Khvajah Petruse (Armenian), Hastings, Turab-i `Ali-Khan, Jagat Seth Mahtab Rai, Khvajah Afram [also Armenian?]; income received from Monghyr through Hidayat Allah and Hariprashad during the month of Phagan; income received by Ramchiran Ram Singh [?] during the year 1167 from traders, landlords, etc. Enclosure: Memorandum regarding amounts of money Khvajah Pidroshan received from his employees - Chand Ghosh, Jagannath Bisvas, Kashinath Bakhshi, Khushhal, Ram Singh, Tejram, Sudra Ram, and Ramkishor