Draft of a petition, probably from Captain Swinton requesting support for his return to India as a private gentleman to wind up his affairs there.

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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

Extract from the East India Committee Report.Mss Eur G37/14/1

Appendices to an unidentified document.Mss Eur G37/14/2

Petitions received by Clive.Mss Eur G37/14/3

Military commissions.Mss Eur G37/14/4

Official documents issued by or to Clive.Mss Eur G37/14/5

Materials relating to Clive's instalment as a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Bath.Mss Eur G37/14/6

Letters, defences of Clive and drafts of various documents relating to Company business and the jagir.Mss Eur G37/14/7

Papers relating to the Select Committee.Mss Eur G37/14/8

Summaries of letters sent to and by the Select Committee, also including some notes of the proceedings of Select Committee meetings.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.1-33

Letters and copies of letters concerning military arrangements.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.34-37

Summary of letters from the Select Committee to Colonel Smith.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.38

Lists of letters, either to or from Clive.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.39-44

Extract from a letter sent from the Agents to the Squadron to Clive and the Council concerning payments promised by Mir Jafar.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.45-46

List of letters "to be called for" and other notes mostly concerning events in Bengal in the early 1760s, Mir Jafar and the jagir.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.47

Copy of a letter from the council at Fort St George to Roger Drake and the select Committee at Fort William dated 21 February 1757.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.48-51

Brief extracts from the proceedings of the Select Committee.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.52-91

Draft plan for conducting the business of the Committee.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.92

Extended extracts of a Select Committee meeting at Fort William while Harry Verelst was President on 23 February 1767.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.93-100

List of payments between various named parties, mostly individuals, for sums between £500 and £2000. There is no indication of the reason for the payments. In the majority of cases Clive is neither payer nor payee.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.101-105

List of donations made by "the Nabob" to the Army and Navy in 1765 and 1766.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.106-107

Company Accounts and statements of its financial situation in the 1760s.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.108-114

"Extracts from Consultations".Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.115-118

Extracts giving details of the business of meetings.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.119

List of questions to be answered concerning the charges laid against Clive.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.120-123

Text of part of the findings of the Committee investigating Clive's administration during his second governorship and the foundation of his fund for disabled officers and soldiers and their widows.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.124-135

Index to the Consultations and page references, possibly to the same work.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.136-143

Extract from consultations concerning the suspension of Mr Leycester.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.144

Miscellaneous notes, including references to enclosures in a letter from Clive to the Court of Directors dated 1 February 1766.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.145-147

Memorandum headed "Sykes" concerning Mr Sumner's ideas for the collection of Bengal revenues.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.148-149

List of names and some addresses, possibly a list of voters.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.150-159

Extract from a letter from the Duke of Cumberland dated 12 February 1730 referring to an extract from The Book of Standing Charters 1703-1746 concerning respect for indigenous customs in relation to oath-taking.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.160

Papers concerning unnamed consultations in 1765 and 1766.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.161-164

Evidence given by Mr McGuire, probably at the hearings of the Committee for East India Company Affairs.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.165-167

Summary of statements made by various parties including Clive and Harry Sykes.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.168-169

Draft of a petition, probably from Captain Swinton requesting support for his return to India as a private gentleman to wind up his affairs there.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.170-171

Corrections to certain pages in an unnamed document.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.172

Standing orders from 1703-1746 concerning the role of the President and Council in the light of the Company charter.Mss Eur G37/14/8 f.173

Statement responding to an opinion given by the Solicitor General concerning officers' right to resign, with particular reference to the case of Captain Parker.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.174-175

Evidence relating to the officers' mutiny, including notes about key figures.Mss Eur G37/14/8 ff.176-179

Documents relating to the Secret Committee, mostly relating to the outbreak of the Seven Years War and its impact on the Company.Mss Eur G37/14/9

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