Observations made by an army officer sent to Sir Robert Fletcher's forces during the officers' mutiny.

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  • Reference
      GB 59 Mss Eur G37/13/8
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000000286.0x000105
  • Dates of Creation
      c 1766
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file containing 4 folios

Scope and Content

The observations are unsigned. They form a detailed description of the writer's attempts to persuade the mutineers to abandon the mutiny and wait until they could present their demands to Clive in person, including an outline of the arguments he used. It is possible that the writer may have been sent to try and defuse the situation.

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