The file includes letters from Clive's wife Margaret, his father Richard Clive, John Walsh, Robert Orme, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The letters in the file discuss, inter alia family and domestic matters including building work at Styche and Walcot; British politics and parliamentary affairs, including references to the American colonies and the repeal of the Stamp Act; the Regency Bill; William Pitt's appointment as Prime Minister; the rejection of the India Bill; East India Company business; the political situation in Bengal and Clive's reforms there and Robert Orme's History.