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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."
Lists, on various subjects, and petitions.
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A list of officers and their supposed ages.
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GB 59 Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.128
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Dates of Creation
18th century
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English
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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
Lists of recommendation letters and speeches sent to members of the Houses of Parliament.
Mss Eur G37/18/1
Papers relating to silver items and coinage.
Mss Eur G37/18/2
Lists of names.
Mss Eur G37/18/3
Lists of voters and numbers of votes, with part of an alphabetical list of voters.
Mss Eur G37/18/4
Lists.
Mss Eur G37/18/5
"A list of Members to be Solicited in favour of John Stephenson and Robert Clive, Esq.s.".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.1-2
"A list of the Inhabitants of Serampour [Serampore] who are not in the Dein's service".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.3
"A list of the Military and Artillery, Entertained and Received from the 1st October to the 6th November 1758".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.4
A list of the membership of detachments commanded by Colonel Clive and Major Kilpatrick.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.5
Notes of the forces embarking for "the present expedition".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.6
"A General Muster of troops under Command of Major Munro".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.7-8
"List of the Company's Covenanted Servants at Bengal".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.9-12
"A Muster Roll of Camall Syrangs Company of Additional Lascars".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.13-14
A list of promotions made in November 1765.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.15
"Muster of the Honourable the East India Company's Soldiers On Board the Ship Ponsbourne, John Payne Commander".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.16-17
"List of Cadets for the Company's Forces in Bengal, with their Rank".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.18
"List of Gentlemen in the Honourable Company's Service Employed under the Secretary to the Council with the particular Branch of Business allotted to Each".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.19
"A list of Surgeons and their Assistants on the military Establishment in Bengal"
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.20-21
A list of Lascars wanting to return to Manilla.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.22
A list, possibly of military appointments.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.23
A list of officers.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.24-29
A list of officers ordered to Bengal aboard the Harmaiagea who have received their pay.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.30
Lists of officers doing service in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Brigades in the aftermath of the officers' mutiny.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.31-40
A list of commissions sent from the 3rd Brigade to the Governor and Council.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.41
A list of the Non Commissioned Officers and private soldiers discharged from the 2nd Brigade and sent to Calcutta under Ensign Bullingbrooke.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.42
Lists of the officers in the Company's army.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.43-50
A list of the Company's Covenanted Servants.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.51-62
"An Account of the Numbers of the Company's Military at Fort St George, Bengal and Bombay agreeable to the last Advices and of those sent since".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.63-64
Lists of free merchants.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.65-68
A list of Proprietors and a House List.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.69-70
"List of persons who held India Stock 11 Oct 1769 the property of Lord Clive and Harry Verelst Esq.".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.71
"Account of the Establishments of the Company's European Officers and Soldiers in the East Indies".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.72-73
"List of the Honourable Company's covenanted Servants on the Bengal Establishment with their Stations and Employment".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.74-81
A list of army officers headed by Major General John Carnac
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.82-83
List of army ranks, their pay and proposed batta.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.84-91
A list of sums of money either owed to or contributed by named individuals.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.92
A list of numbers of troops at Bengal between 1765 and 1771.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.93
List of the membership of Committees formed by Parliament and the Company Proprietors in 1772.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.94
"List of the Committee appointed by the General Court to consider of the state of the Company's affairs".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.95
A list of responses to invitations.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.96-97
Letters, lists and a Royal Approbation for deputy Lieutenancys in the County of Shropshire.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.98-101
"Report from the Scrutineers of the numbers appearing upon a Ballot for a Secret Committee of fifteen to enquire into the causes of the irruption in the Carnatic"
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.102
Lists of names, some with numbers set against the names.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.103-113
A list of the Company servants at "Subordinate Factories".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.114-115
A rough list of officers of the 1st and 3rd Brigades.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.116-117
A list of names, including Clive and General Carnac
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.118
A list of French Company servants, officers and inhabitants with notes of which parole each individual signed.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.119-120
Notification to all Zemindars and similar authorities of the Company's assumption of the offices of the perwannah of Mugrah and others.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.121
A list of votes cast.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.122
"A list of the Sepoy Battalions".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.123
A list of the distribution of wine and food to Company employees.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.124
"A list of vagabonds to be sent on board the Pigot, Captain Richardson"
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.125
A list of English and French killed and wounded after an unspecified battle.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.126
A list of the garrison of Fort D'Orleans at Chandernagore.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.127
A list of officers and their supposed ages.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.128
A list of literary and devotional works in French.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.129
A list of regiments to be sent to Ireland.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.130-131
A list of Irish regiments of Horse and Dragoons, including an assessment of their strength.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 ff.132-133
A list of besiegers and besieged at an unknown location.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.134
A list of people involved in Mr Sumner's banyan.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.135
A list of people summoned to meet at the Kings Arms.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.136
A muster of an unspecified regiment.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.137
A list of officers appointed by the Court of Directors.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.138
A list of nobility and gentry who gave charity to a reduced officer.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.139
A list of military appointments in Bengal.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.140
"A list of Soldiers' names Discharged and sent on board the Brittania".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.141
An assessment of military strength at various places including Burdwan and Islamabad.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.142
"List of Officers appointed by the Court of Directors".
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.143
A list of appointments to an unspecified expedition.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f.144
A list of law books.
Mss Eur G37/18/5 f. 145
Lists of papers and letters.
Mss Eur G37/18/6
Lists of English, French and Company ships.
Mss Eur G37/18/7
Receipts for items stored for Clive or sent home from India.
Mss Eur G37/18/8
"List of Inhabitants Residing in Calcutta".
Mss Eur G37/18/9
Petitions to the Court of Directors and the President and Council of Fort William.
Mss Eur G37/18/10
Petitions.
Mss Eur G37/18/11
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 1764
Mss Eur G37/32
Incoming letters dated between January and March 1765
Mss 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 1766
Mss Eur G37/37
Incoming letters dated in January and February 1766
Mss Eur G37/38
Incoming letters dated in March and April 1766
Mss 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 1766
Mss 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 1768
Mss 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 1769
Mss 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 1771
Mss Eur G37/61
Incoming letters dated between July and December 1771
Mss Eur G37/62
Incoming correspondence dated between January and April 1772.
Mss Eur G37/63
Incoming letters dated in May and June 1772
Mss Eur G37/64
Incoming letters dated between July and December 1772.
Mss Eur G37/65
Incoming letters and copies dated between Jannuary and May 1773
Mss Eur G37/66
Incoming correspondence dated in the second half of 1773.
Mss Eur G37/67
Incoming letters dated between 1774 and 1783
Mss Eur G37/68
Incoming letters, copies and drafts dated between 1784 and 1794.
Mss Eur G37/69
Incoming correspondence dated between 1796-1800
Mss 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 aid
Mss Eur G37/95
Military Returns, Company documents and receipts.
Mss Eur G37/96