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Robert Clive Papers File
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West Florida dispute,

A manuscript, [c. 1766], comprising copies of letters relating to a dispute between George Johnstone, the governor of West Florida, and the deputy governor. George Johnstone was the leader of a group in the House of Commons which took part in the attack on Clive in the parliamentary enquiry of 1772-1773. His brother, John Johnstone, a member of the Calcutta Select Committee, disputed Clive’s powers as governor of Bengal in 1765. These links perhaps help to explain Clive’s interest in and custody of the manuscript.

Warrants and court martial proceedings,

A copy draft warrant, following a court martial held 17 July [1766], for the execution of Thomas Briggs for desertion and a copy of the proceedings of a court martial, held 19 Nov. 1766, of two sepoys sentenced to dismissal and five hundred lashes respectively.

Valuation,

A detailed valuation of the estates of the late Lord Windsor purchased by Clive at Lady Day 1768 under a decree of the Court of Chancery and of other estates purchased by him in Monmouthshire. It includes the rents payable for 1759 (when Mr. Morris purchased the estate), for 1768 (when Clive purchased it), for 1769, and the proposed rents for 1770. There are also sections relating to annual and immediate disbursements and new purchases.

Treaties, farmans and agreements,

Contemporary copies, [c 1765] of the Treaty of Peace executed at Allahabad, 16 Aug. 1765, and of related farmans (imperial grants) and agreements, etc., 24 July-15 Sept. 1765, whereby the Mughal Emperor granted to the Company the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, acknowledged its right to its possessions in the Carnatic and the northern Circars (provinces) and confirmed Clive in his jagir. Included is ‘A Narrative of Facts’ (pp. 28-41) being an account of the Anglo-Indian relations prevailing during the governorships of Henry Vansittart (1760-1764) and John Spencer (Nov. 1764-May 1765) prior to Clive’s arrival in Bengal in May 1765.

Treaties, farmans and agreements,

Duplicate of CD2/1 except that it contains, as part of the text and as a loose enclosure, an additional copy document numbered 15 being a ‘Translation of the Mutchulca (‘muchilka’ [obligation]) of the Dewanny Sunnud (grant) for Lord Clive’s Jagheer’.

Transcripts of country correspondence,

Transcripts, 1763, of letters 245-284, 1759, Jan. 13-31. Letter no. 281, 31 Jan. 1759, being Clive's request to the Seths for a jagir which he was eventually granted in June 1759 (p. 19).

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