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- 1757-1759. (Creation)
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A fair copy journal, 1757-1759, containing a daily account of a passage by sea and land from Bengal to England undertaken by Henry Doidge, Edward Ives [ secretary and naval surgeon respectively to Admiral Watson], and John Pye [presumably Captain Pye who, with the others, accompanied Clive on the expedition to Bengal, 1756-1757]. It also records the various legs or stages of the journey e.g. ‘Between Bengal and Bombay’, ‘In the Gulph of Persia’, ‘Sailing up the River Euphrates’, and ‘Between Venice and England’ and the ‘Money laid out’ during the passage.
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Custodial history: The papers of Clive’s attorneys in Group A show that the journal was forwarded by them from England to Clive in India as part of a packet of books and pamphlets in May 1766.
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Preferred citation: CG3