Opinion of the Court of Directors relating to the expressed wish of the General Court that a vote of thanks should be offered to Sir Robert Fletcher and his rank restored.

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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

Papers relating to the inland trade and its conduct, particularly in salt, bettel nut and tobacco and with reference to the work of the Society of TradeMss Eur G37/1/1

Records of Courts Martial, Courts of Enquiry and matters relating to the court martial of Sir Robert Fletcher.Mss Eur G37/1/2

Evidence and sentence of the general court martial held to try Captain Andrew Armstrong for disrespectful behaviour to the Commander in Chief (Robert Clive).Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.1-8

Evidence and sentence of the Regimental Courts Martial held aboard the ship Kent.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.9-10

Evidence and sentence of the General Court Martial held at Nagapur to try Captain William Smith for disrespect and mutinous expressions.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.11-30

Evidence and sentence of a General Court Martial held at Allahabad to try Robert Wakefield, Sentinel, for attempted desertion.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.31-32

Evidence and sentence of the General Court Martial held at Bankipore to try Private Frederick Greagor for theft and desertion.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.33-34

Evidence and sentence of the General Court Martial held at camp near Corah Gebroseabad to try Lieutenant Richard Lauder for neglect of duty.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.35-36

Evidence and sentence of the General Court Martial held at camp near Corah Gebroseabad to try Sergeant Major John Wright for malpractices during his command and disrespect to his commanding officer.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.37-40

Evidence and sentence of the General Court Martial held at Bankipore to try Private John Christopher Lebot (or Lebott) for desertion.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.41-42

Evidence and sentences of the General Court Martial held at Monghyr to try Private Alexander Paton, Henry Millar, Private Abraham Russel, John Riley, Private John Akins and Private John Bemont, all accused of desertion.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.43-53

Duplicate copy of the proceedings of a General Court Martial held at Bankypore to try Lieutenant William Vertue for disobedience to orders and desertion.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.54-65

Copy of the court martial sentences upon Lieutenant William Vertue, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Fletcher, Ensign William North and Lieutenant and Captain John Stainforth.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.66-73

Extracts from the proceedings of the General Court regarding Sir Robert Fletcher, his court martial and his status in the Company.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.74-79

Opinion of the Court of Directors of the propriety and justice of the trial of Sir Robert Fletcher.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.80-81

Opinion of the Court of Directors relating to the expressed wish of the General Court that a vote of thanks should be offered to Sir Robert Fletcher and his rank restored.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.82-83

Opinion by Lord Marshall upon 'combination' and 'mutiny' in relation to the case of Captain Parker and a note about court martial proceedings.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.84-87

Draft of Lord Marshall's opinion upon 'combination' and 'mutiny' in relation to the case of Captain Parker.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.88-89

Copy of the General Orders issued at Fort William, Calcutta relating to the actions of a General Court Martial at Burhampore.Mss Eur G37/1/2 f.90

Duplicated of a letter giving advice about the execution of a court martial sentence.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.91-92

Proceedings of a Court of Enquiry held at Benares to examine the charge laid against Captain Woodward by Ensign Gowall.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.93-98

Proceedings of a Court of Enquiry held at Bankipore to examine the behaviour of Ensign Alexander Milne.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.99-100

Proceedings of a Court of Enquiry held at Fort William concerning an abortive duel between Mr Wray and Lieutenant Harding.Mss Eur G37/1/2 ff.101-104

Proceedings of Councils of War.Mss Eur G37/1/3

Papers relating to Robert Orme.Mss Eur G37/1/4

Petition to Robert Clive.Mss Eur G37/1/5

Extract from a letter from the Reverend M. Antony Frederick Bushing D.D., professor in the Royal University of Gottingen.Mss Eur G37/1/6

Papers relating to a Dutch expedition in 1759.Mss Eur G37/1/7

Information about the Siege of Madras.Mss Eur G37/1/8

Information about Batavia and letters from a Dutchman living there.Mss Eur G37/1/9

Copies of letters.Mss Eur G37/1/10

Letter from Robert Clive to Mr Crisp requesting a loan of £20.Mss Eur G37/1/11

Copy of a letter from Mr John Wood to Mr Perris giving an account of his capture at and escape from Madras in 1746.Mss Eur G37/1/12

Instructions and Orders relating to the Bengal Expedition.Mss Eur G37/1/13

Series of letters forming a journal created by J (or possibly F) Sturges.Mss Eur G37/1/14

Legal, military, administrative and personal papers relating to Clive and h ... Mss Eur G37/1/15

Printed lists of members of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies.Mss Eur G37/1/16

Printed proclamation by George II regulating prohibiting trading to the East Indies unless done in conjunction with the liberties and privileges granted to the English East India Company.Mss Eur G37/1/17

Briefs, bills and answers relating to Rebecca Watson's attempt to obtain her late husband's share of the money paid to the leading British figures in the Bengal campaign by Mir Jafar.Mss Eur G37/1/18

Papers relating to Lord Clive's jagir.Mss Eur G37/1/19

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

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