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Miscellaneous papers, comprising bills and bonds, 1742-1773, subscription lists, 1762-1771, and papers relating to the Order of the Bath, 1764-[1772].

Miscellaneous papers comprising a notice of renewal, 10 Feb. 1755, of the insurance policy on Clive's house in Queen Square, [Ormond Street, London], medical recipes, [c. 1760], (some in Latin) and a testimonial, [c. 1770], in respect of W[illia]m Disney who was Clive's under-butler for eighteen months.

Miscellaneous military papers, [1750s]-1771.

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.

Copy, duplicate and draft correspondence and papers, 1757-1759, 1765-1767 relating to the council and committee business. It includes a copy of Clive’s general letter to the Company replying to the criticisms of its directors, Dec. 1759, papers relating to the arbitrary confinement of Indians, the receipt of presents by councillors [c. 1766], and Clive’s departure from Bengal, Jan. 1767, copy agreements, 1765-1766, relating to the trade in salt and betel-nut, a list of the letters, dated 1757-1758, sent in the Company’s secret committee’s packet to the select committee at Fort William and communications, 1759 and 1763, between the Fort William council and the chiefs at Luckipor.

A volume of miscellaneous accounts comprising a cash ledger and banker's book combined in a single volume. It includes personal accounts (clothing accessories, funeral rings, jewellery, diamonds, plate, etc., ) for 1756-1757, and bank accounts with Honeywood, Fuller & Co., for 1762-1763, and pertains respectively to Clive's second periods of residence in India and England.

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’.

Minutes (i.e. summaries) of all the extant 'Country Correspondence' (fifty eight letters in all) that Clive received from Indian rulers (named) between 26 December 1765 and 24 May 1766, translated and compiled by Robert Maddison, Persian translator, on 16 Dec. 1766. The subject matter reflects the country's internal politics, Clive's relations with its rulers and the prevailing military situation.

The group consists, for the most part, of papers, [c. 1750’s]-1771, connected with the general routine military administration but also includes some papers, 1756, relating to Clive’s own active service. Being few in number however, they provide only a fragmentary record of his military role with little for the early years of his service and his first governorship (1758-1760), but slightly more for his second administration (1765-1767). A few papers, dated 1764 and 1771, refer to events that occurred when Clive was not in India but are, nonetheless, pertinent to his service there.

Accounts for Shukrabad during the presumably Bangla years of 1158-1162, corresponding to 1751-1756 CE.

Accounts for Babat `Azim Ganj during the presumably Bangla years of 1158-1162, corresponding to 1751-1756 CE.

Document detailing accounts of French receipts and for port of Hughli during the presumably Bangla years of 1158-1162, corresponding to 1751-1756 CE.

Records, [c 1765]-1766, relating to the court’s charter and its meetings.