Copies of letters to Warren Hastings, W. Sumner, Peter Amyatt, Charles Rogers and Monsieur Heurin and some anonymous recipients.

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While most of the letters are in the hand of a copyist, some are in Clive's hand. Two of the letters are in French

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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

Copies and drafts of Clive's outgoing correspondence.Mss Eur G37/3/1

Letter from Clive to the commanding officer of Corilon.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.1

Letter to Messrs. Walsh, Vansittart and Maskelyne in relation to the investment of Clive's money.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.2-5

Letter from Clive to Captain Edmund Maskelyne.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.6-7

Copies of letters to his father and to Mr King.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.8-9

Letter to Mr Justice Clive, William Belchier, William Smyth King and Richard Clive pertaining to the administration of his financial affairs in England.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.10-11

Draft letter to Major Brereton.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.12-13

Letters to Colonel Francis Forde.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.14-19

Copies of letters relating to Colonel Forde's campaign and negotiations for its aftermath.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.20-23

Copies of letters to Warren Hastings and Peter Amyatt Esq. in part relating to Ram Narayan and his relations with Prince Ali Gauhar.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.24-26

Copy of a letter to Mr King on military matters.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.27-28

Copies of letters to Warren Hastings, W. Sumner, Peter Amyatt, Charles Rogers and Monsieur Heurin and some anonymous recipients.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.29-32

Copies of two letters to George Pigot.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.33-35

Copy of part of a letter to George Pocock on military matters.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.36-37

Copies of letters to Ensign Lewis Brown, Peter Amyatt and Captain James Spence.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.38

Copy of a letter to Major Caillaud.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.39

Unsigned letter to Messrs Walsh, Vansittart and Maskelyne relating to Clive's financial affairs and social news.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.40-41

Copy of a letter to Robert Palk Esq.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.42-43

Draft letter and a copy of the letter as ultimately sent to the Committee informing them of a visit paid to a King.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.44-50

Copy of a letter to Robert James Esq. replying to requests by the Court of Directors that Clive should make his paperwork available to the court.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.51-52

Copies of letters sent to Major John Carnac, Henry Vansittart, Peter Amphlett and Peter Amyatt.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.53-56

Copy of a letter to Lewis Mendes.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.57

Draft letter to an unknown recipient, mostly on personal matters and social news.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.58-60

Copy of a letter to His Excellency the Viceroy of Rio de Janeiro.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.61-64

Copy of a letter to Mr F. Sykes on various subjects.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.65

Draft letters to 'Major', 'Walsh' and 'George'.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.66-73

Copies of letters to various recipients including Charlton Laughton, Mr Michie, Dr Baillie and Laurence Dundass.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.74-77

Copies and drafts of business letters.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.78-111

Memorandum of Clive's noting his proposed actions if certain circumstances should occur.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.112-113

Extracts from Clive's outgoing correspondence.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.114-115

Brief memoranda.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.116-118

Orders given to Captain Richard Allwright, Commander of the ship London relating to his voyage to England.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.119

Bond for 2000 Rs signed by Clive borrowing 1000 Arcot Rupees from Captain James Cope.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.120-121

Copy of letters sent by Clive apprising others of the recapture of Calcutta and the capture of Chandernagore.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.122-123

Draft letter to his constituents in Shrewsbury telling them of his departure for India.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.124-125

Draft or copy of a letter sent from Clive's secretary to Lieutenant Harris answering an enquiry about promotion.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.126

Copies of two letters initialled 'H.S.' and sent on Clive's behalf, one to Mr Preston another to an unspecified recipient, both on Company business.Mss Eur G37/3/1 f.127

Abstract and copy of a letter to the Court of Directors.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.128-142

Minute in Committee made by Lord Clive concerning a memorial made by local gentlemen complaining of the slight they have received in being passed over by the Select Committee in favour of inhabitants of Madras.Mss Eur G37/3/1 ff.143-146

Letters, copies of letters and drafts comprising Clive's outgoing correspondence in 1765.Mss Eur G37/3/2

Clive's outgoing correspondence 1766-1773.Mss Eur G37/3/3

Letters from Clive, mostly to his family.Mss Eur G37/3/4

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