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Includes a loose enclosure relating to the representation of Okehampton, 29 Jan. 1773

Rental, 1773-1774, and accounts, 1775, between the trustees and executors of the late Lord Clive and Mr. Luxmoore for sundry expenses and disbursements (ff. 10v-11r).

A manuscript list of fifty one copy letters and statistical documents (with the text of all but the last two) intended as an appendix to a work (unidentified) on Batta (field allowance) and the Batta mutiny of April-June 1766, with details of the location of the original source material (e.g. ‘In the Letter Book G’ and ‘Consultations 16th June).

A poll book printed by W. Williams, Shrewsbury, 1775, containing a list (arranged by hundred) of the gentlemen, clergy and freeholders of Montgomeryshire with their qualifying property and places of abode who voted in the general election for the county of Montgomery in Oct. 14-15, 17., 1774. Of the two named candidates, Clive is recorded as having voted for William Mostyn Owen who defeated Watkin Williams (p.2).

Having no specific title, the file contains papers relating to various matters connected with Clive’s career, 1755-1768, including the fictitious treaty with Mir Jafar, the Batta mutiny, financial irregularities, East India Company revenues, etc.

Miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating primarily to military, but including some civil, matters deriving from Clive’s second and third periods of service, 1756-1759 and 1765-1766. The papers from the earlier period include inter alia a copy [c. 1756] of the Maratha letter to Roger Drake [Governor of Bengal 1752-1758] offering assistance and recompense for losses at Calcutta, signals to be observed by ships and vessels, [ 1756x1757], duplicate correspondence and rough/’foul’ minutes of a council of war concerning events prior and subsequent to Plassey, June 1757, an abstract of a letter, [post 1758], to Mr. Ives [naval surgeon] on the revolution in Bengal, a letter, 11 Oct. 1759, from Clive to an unidentified addressee concerning the presence of the Dutch armament at Cinsura, and a note and receipt on the delivery of medals, 1759. Amongst papers representing the later period are duplicates of letters from Clive to members of the Calcutta council and military personnel, 1765, and a petition relating to assistance for the widow of Titus Hubbert, gunner in the 3rd Company of Artillery, 1766.

Miscellaneous accounts comprising military expenses for Aug. 1761, disbursements from the Paymaster to the second brigade, Nov. 1766, and a volume of returns of Batta payments calculated in rupees and sterling [1765x1766].

Contains a loose leaf enclosure giving details of ‘Staff to Infantry’.

A list of the official books and papers relating to India sent to Walcot. The list relates to papers deriving mainly from Clive’s second governorship of Bengal (1765-1767) but the earliest documents date from 1762.

A list of letters received by Lord Clive from Europe (i.e. England), 1765-1767. It gives an alphabetical list of correspondents, the dates of writing and of receipt, the name of the ship by which the letter was sent and the name of the person recommended to Clive for Company service. The correspondents include Clive's attornies, members of his family, and the Secret Committee of the East India Company.

Fair copy of British Library Eur Mss G37, box 18 being an alphabetical list, [post October 1766], of the Europeans residing in Bengal without the permission of the Company. The details given include names, dates of arrival (ranging from 1727 to 1766), the ships they came out in, abode in Bengal, occupation and country from whence came. The countries, cities and other places represented are: Antwerp, Denmark, England, France, Geneva, Germany, Glasker [Glasgow?], Greece, Guernsey, Hanover, Holland, Ireland, Italy London, North Britain, Norway, Portugal, Prussia, Savoy, Scotland, Spain, St. Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Venice, Wales (seven entries), York, Yorkshire and one of the isles of the archipelago.