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Charters,

Printed copies of three charters granted to the Company on 8 Jan.1753, 19 Sept. 1757, and 1758. They relate to the establishment of a military force and courts of justice in the East Indies and the granting to the Company of a moiety of the plunder and booty taken in consequence of its wars against the French and the Indian princes. The charter of 19 Sept. 1757 makes special reference to Siraj-ud-daula’s capture of Calcutta (20 June 1756).

Charters,

Copies made in 1753 of the parts of the Company’s general letters of 1727, 1729, 1731 and 1739 (including an extract from the book of instructions for the execution of the charter of 1753) addressed to the presidencies of Fort William, [Calcutta], and Fort St. George [Madras], concerning the procedure to be followed in the mayor’s courts established by the initial and revised charters of 17 Feb. 1727 and 8 Jan. 1753, respectively.

Company account book,

Copies and abstracts of projected accounts, 1762-1772, Also includes accounts relating to excise and custom on tea, the sale of goods, the number of ships with amounts of their cargoes and copy minute of a meeting of the Court of Directors, 6 Dec. 1769, recording the Company’s proposals, to the Treasury (projected to July 1772) concerning the deficiencies of the duties on tea.

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