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Bills books,

A volume, 1756-1758, of ‘Bills Payable’ and ‘Bills Receivable’ deriving from Clive's second period in India. The details, in tabular form, include the names of those by whom the bills were drawn, to whom they were payable, their date, time span, when they became due and the sum involved.

Bills, bonds, etc.,

Bills, bonds and other personal accounts, 1742-1770, including laundry bills, 1742, dating from Clive’s early life (mostly in French), bonds and promissory notes for various sums owed to or by Clive, 1761-1769, and bills of sale relating to his shares in ships, 1762-1770.

Calcutta council and its committees,

Consultations (i.e. minutes, resolutions and correspondence) of the council, 1765, indexes to the consultations, 1766, proceedings of the select committee, 1765, proceedings of a committee of inspection, 1766, and miscellaneous correspondence and papers (council and committees), 1757-1759, 1766-1767.

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Calcutta government records,

Records of the Calcutta council and its committees, 1757-1768, and of the mayor' s court (one of its courts of justice), [c. 1765]-1766, dating from Clive' s first and second periods as governor of Bengal (1758-1760 and 1765-1767) although his first term is only very sparsely represented. The papers for 1768 refer to matters that occupied Clive before he resigned office in 1767.

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Cash books,

A cash ledger containing accounts relating inter alia to funeral charges, servants’ mourning, wages and allowances (names and positions given), tradesmen’s bills (names and trades given), expenses of executing Clive’s will, household insurance and taxes in London.

Catalogue of books at Berkeley Square, Claremont, Walcot and Oakly Park

Catalogue of the library at Berkeley Square catalogued by size with location followed by music books and maps; an alphabetical catalogue of books at Claremont, January 1775 and since removed to Berkeley Square; and catalogues of books at Walcot and Oakly extracted from Mr Probert’s inventories The whole library was valued at £850-16-0. The catalogue ends with an acknowledgement by Edward Clive that he has received from his father’s executors all the books catalogued in accordance to his father’s will.

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