Document endorsed "Mr Dupre's Report" outlining the situation in India.

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The document was written in response to the news that Sir Robert Fletcher intended to petition the House of Commons to appoint a Committee upon Indian Affairs. Its stated intention is to widen knowledge of the background to such a Committee's findings, in order that a fair assessment may be made.

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The Clive Collection, comprising the papers of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), Governor of Bengal 1757-1760 and 1765-1767; Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (1754-1839), Governor of Madras 1798-1804 and other family members."Mss Eur G37

Papers relating to matters in India, particularly the work of the East India Company, military matters and Clive's jagir.Mss Eur G37/1

Letters, copyletters, minutes and drafts relating to Company business in India, trade and military matters, also papers relating to Sir Robert Fletcher.Mss Eur G37/2

Outgoing correspondence, mostly business but including some social and family letters.Mss Eur G37/3

Incoming and outgoing correspondence and drafts of speeches made by Clive in his own defence.Mss Eur G37/4

Letters, petitions, draft treaties, commissions and covenants involving Clive or relating to his work.Mss Eur G37/5

Council minutes, letters and extracts from letters, declarations, minutes, receipts, biographical materials and various lists.Mss Eur G37/6

Letters, many from Clive's family, lists, accounts and codes.Mss Eur G37/7

Documents relating to military affairs in India, Clive's jagir and Clive's administration.Mss Eur G37/8

Financial papers and items relating to India, particularly uprisings.Mss Eur G37/9

Incoming letters on military business, accounts, official letters and Company minutes and records of domestic financial affairs under Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis.Mss Eur G37/10

Minutes and copies of minutes, including evidence presented to the Committee on East India Company affairs in 1772-1773.Mss Eur G37/11

Official records and copies thereof, including extracts from consultations, legal opinions, evidence statements and military intelligence. Other documents include a defence of Clive and records of investments in diamonds.Mss Eur G37/12

Various notes, narratives, translations, formal documents and financial pap ... Mss Eur G37/13

Documents relating to the work of committees, letters, petitions to Clive and documents issued in his name.Mss Eur G37/14

Letters and draft letters written and received by Clive to and from various ... Mss Eur G37/15

Documents concerning various subjects, including military matters, the fluctuation of India Stock, defences of Clive, drafts of chapters of Sir John Malcolm's biography of Clive, diamond purchases and domestic matters.Mss Eur G37/16

Documents relating to various subjects including Indian administration, finance, military matters, legal opinion, correspondence and Sir John Malcolm's biography of Clive.Mss Eur G37/17

Lists, on various subjects, and petitions.Mss Eur G37/18

Personal financial papers and accounts of purchases.Mss Eur G37/19

Incoming correspondence to 1752.Mss Eur G37/20

Incoming letters, mostly between 1753 and 1756.Mss Eur G37/21

Incoming letters dated between January and June 1757.Mss Eur G37/22

Incoming letters and copies of personal and official letters dated in the second half of 1757.Mss Eur G37/23

Incoming letters and copies of personal and official letters dated in the first half of 1758.Mss Eur G37/24

Incoming letters and copies of personal and official letters dated in the second half of 1758.Mss Eur G37/25

Incoming letters and copies of personal and official letters dated in the first half of 1759,Mss Eur G37/26

Incoming letters and copies and extracts of personal and official letters dated between July and December 1759.Mss Eur G37/27

Incoming letters dated during 1760.Mss Eur G37/28

Incoming letters, and copies of borth personal and official letters dated in 1761 and 1762.Mss Eur G37/29

Incoming letters, copies and extracts of letters dated between February and September 1763, also letters in Persian and a guide to learning Hindi.Mss Eur G37/30

Incoming letters and copies and extracts of personal and official letters mostly dated between October and December 1763.Mss Eur G37/31

Incoming letters and copies and extracts from personal and official letters mostly dated in 1764Mss Eur G37/32

Incoming letters dated between January and March 1765Mss Eur G37/33

Incoming letters and copies and extracts from personal and official letters mostly dated between April and June 1765.Mss Eur G37/34

Incoming letters, and copies and extracts from personal and official letters dated between July and September 1765.Mss Eur G37/35

Incoming letters, extracts, copies and drafts dated in October and November 1765.Mss Eur G37/36

Incoming correspondence December 1765 and January 1766Mss Eur G37/37

Incoming letters dated in January and February 1766Mss Eur G37/38

Incoming letters dated in March and April 1766Mss Eur G37/39

Incoming letters and extracts and copies of personal and official letters dated in May and June 1766.Mss Eur G37/40

Incoming letters and extracts and copies of personal and official letters dated in July and August 1766.Mss Eur G37/41

Incoming letters, translations, copies and extracts of incoming and outgoing correspondence, both private and official.Mss Eur G37/42

Incoming letters and copies and extracts of official letters dated in November and December 1766Mss Eur G37/43

Incoming letters and copies and extracts of personal and official letters.Mss Eur G37/44

Incoming letters and petitions dated between April and July 1767.Mss Eur G37/45

Incoming letters and extracts and copies thereof dated in August 1767.Mss Eur G37/46

Incoming letters, extracts and copies dated in September 1767.Mss Eur G37/47

Incoming letters, duplicates, copies and an address dated in October 1767.Mss Eur G37/48

Incoming letters, and copies, abstracts and extracts of official letters where the original is dated in November 1767.Mss Eur G37/49

Incoming letters and copies dated in December 1767.Mss Eur G37/50

Incoming letters dated in January and February 1768Mss Eur G37/51

Incoming letters and copies dated in March and April 1768.Mss Eur G37/52

Incoming letters and copies dated between May and September 1768.Mss Eur G37/53

Incoming letters, extracts and copies dated in September and October 1768.Mss Eur G37/54

Incoming letters, copies and extracts dated in November and December 1768.Mss Eur G37/55

Incoming letters and copies dated between January and March 1769.Mss Eur G37/56

Incoming letters, copies, drafts and extracts deated between April and July 1769.Mss Eur G37/57

Incoming letters dated between August and December 1769Mss Eur G37/58

Incoming letters, extracts and copies dated between January and June 1770.Mss Eur G37/59

Incoming letters, duplicates, extracts and copies dated between July and December 1770.Mss Eur G37/60

Incoming letters dated between January and June 1771Mss Eur G37/61

Incoming letters dated between July and December 1771Mss Eur G37/62

Incoming correspondence dated between January and April 1772.Mss Eur G37/63

Incoming letters dated in May and June 1772Mss Eur G37/64

Incoming letters dated between July and December 1772.Mss Eur G37/65

Incoming letters and copies dated between Jannuary and May 1773Mss Eur G37/66

Incoming correspondence dated in the second half of 1773.Mss Eur G37/67

Incoming letters dated between 1774 and 1783Mss Eur G37/68

Incoming letters, copies and drafts dated between 1784 and 1794.Mss Eur G37/69

Incoming correspondence dated between 1796-1800Mss Eur G37/70

Incoming lettes and copies dated in the 19th century, also accounts, political papers and papers relating to the administration of the Shropshire Militia.Mss Eur G37/71

Undated incoming correspendence which can be dated with varying degrees of exactness.Mss Eur G37/72

Incoming correspondence, some dated, others to varying degrees datable or undateable.Mss Eur G37/73

Dated or dateable incoming correspondence 1750s-1760s.Mss Eur G37/73/1

Undated incoming correspondence sent and received in the 1760s and 1770s but where it cannot be said with certainty which decade.Mss Eur G37/73/2

Incoming correspondence sent in the 1770s and 1780s, some part dated.Mss Eur G37/73/3

Incoming letters, undatable other than in the vaguest terms.Mss Eur G37/73/4

Papers relating to the administration of India.Mss Eur G37/73/5

Letter proposed by Roger Drake to be sent to Siraj ud-Daula by Drake, Admiral Charles Watson and Clive.Mss Eur G37/73/5 f.1

Summary of recent information concerning military and naval matters.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.2-4

Summary of intelligence received from Roosa Khan.Mss Eur G37/73/5 f.5

Considerations made by Roger Drake and sent to Clive at Fulta.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.6-7

Two paragraphs from a General Letter sent by the London snow concerning the affair of the Three Seals signed by the Chota Nawab and General Caillaud.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.8-9

Copy of Minutes at a Committee outlining the articles of a treaty with the Nawab.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.10-11

"A list of those who were killed in the massacre at Patna and at other places during the Troubles".Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.12-13

Text of an agreement made between Shuja ud-Daula and General CarnacMss Eur G37/73/5 f.14

Copy of a letter to Colonel Richard Smith as Commander in Chief under the Presidency, from the Select Committee at Fort William.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.15-20

Unsigned letter, probably to the Court of Directors.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.21-24

Draft letter concerning the role of Governor.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.25-26

Document endorsed "Mr Dupre's Report" outlining the situation in India.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.27-34

A summary of revenues from Salt and Betel Nut between March 1765 and March 1770 and a list of extracts from instructions sent to India between June 1769 and August 1771.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.34a-34b

Observations concerning the Bill creating the post of Governor General and attendant council, and concerning Trade in India.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.35-38

Copy of "Reflections on the Measures to be Pursued in the Present Situation of Affairs".Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.39-43

Part of a speech or essay upon the motives, probably of Indian intermediaries.Mss Eur G37/73/5 f.44

Outline of the duties and responsibilities of the Governor General and his Council.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.45-46

Note concerning Mr Johnstone and events at Midnapure.Mss Eur G37/73/5 f.47

Extracts of General Letters to Bengal, letters from the Governor and Council at Fort William to the Court of Directors, Letters to the Governor and Select Committee and of Select Proceedings dated between 16 January 1761 and 4 January 1769.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.47a-45e

List of official letters containing statements or ordinances concerning the Reduction of Batta and the Officers' Mutiny of 1766.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.48-49

List of Indians imprisoned under various Govenorships, including those of Clive, Vansittart and Drake.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.50-52

Notes upon good practice and principles in the administration of India.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.53-54

Note upon syndics and financial matters, including the French Company's capital.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.55-56

Heads of a letter concerning the officers' mutiny.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.57-58

Excerpts or possibly draft interpolations for a treaty.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.59-60

Intelligence received from Govinder Mehta concerning a Nawab.Mss Eur G37/73/5 f.61

"Instructions respecting powers to be exercised by Military Commanders in Chief in India".Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.62-71

"Minute on Mr P-'s Resignation".Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.72-76

Draft undertaking, probably concerning the taking of presents.Mss Eur G37/73/5 f.77

Abstract of a Bill for restraining various frauds, abuses and oppression in the affairs of the Company in India.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.78-79

Text and amendment to the text of excerpts from agreements concerning the administration of the Company.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.80-81

Summary of the causes of Siraj ud-Daula's resentment of the Europeans.Mss Eur G37/73/5 ff.82-83

Legal papers, mostly private but referring to Clive's actions in his public capacity.Mss Eur G37/73/6

Documents relating to Mohammed Reza Khan.Mss Eur G37/73/7

Financial papers, both official and personal.Mss Eur G37/73/8

Receipted bills.Mss Eur G37/73/9

Army records, laudatory poems, Company and personal documents.Mss Eur G37/73/10

Official petitions, military returns of men and stores and official financial papers.Mss Eur G37/74

Personal and official financial papers and associated materials.Mss Eur G37/75

Personal and official financial papers.Mss Eur G37/76

Financial papers, mostly relating to Clive's personal finances, but including some official records.Mss Eur G37/77

Personal and official fiancial papers.Mss Eur G37/78

Personal and official financial documents.Mss Eur G37/79

Personal and official financial papers.Mss Eur G37/80

Personal and official fiancial papers and correspondence relating thereto.Mss Eur G37/81

Personal and official fiancial papers and correspondence relating thereto.Mss Eur G37/82

Personal and official financial papers and correspondence relating thereto.Mss Eur G37/83

Personal and official fiancial papers and correspondence relating thereto.Mss Eur G37/84

Personal and official fiancial papers and correspondence relating thereto.Mss Eur G37/85/1

Personal Financial Papers relating to the estate of Robert, 1st Baron Clive, and to other members of the family.Mss Eur G37/85/2

Military Returns or personnel and hardware.Mss Eur G37/86

Military Returns of personnel and stores.Mss Eur G37/87

Military returns of men and stores.Mss Eur G37/88

Military returns of men and stores.Mss Eur G37/89

Military returns, lists and some related letters.Mss Eur G37/90

Military Returns of men and stores.Mss Eur G37/91

Select Committee Minutes and official letters and copyletters.Mss Eur G37/92

Official letters and copy letters, minutes of the Select Committee and other Company papers.Mss Eur G37/93

Petitions, letters requesting aid, official company papers and private receipts.Mss Eur G37/94

Petitions and letters requesting aidMss Eur G37/95

Military Returns, Company documents and receipts.Mss Eur G37/96