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Previously I had written two or three letters to you but did not receive any reply. Now I am coming to Calcutta to see Mr Clive and would like to call on you at the same time. I am still awaiting a decision on my court case. Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.

I had sent you a letter through the Peshkar but have not received any reply; I hope you have received this letter. We are all praying here day and night for your well-being. I was hoping that you would write to me when you arrived at Murshidabad but now we hear that you and the Nawab were going to Calcutta instead. I hope you will write to me from there. -- Earlier I had sent news reports from Shahjahanabad and from the court of Shuja al-Daulah. At present I have no further news about the army of Shuja al-Daulah. The latest news about him is that he has gone to Jaunpore to settle matters between Benares and Jaunpore. Rajah Balvind Singh has provided a bank draft of one Lac rupees and has promised to pay a further two Lacs. The Nawab, after leaving Jaunpore, marched towards the northeast to a place called Karakat, which is at a distance of seven Karohs from Jaunpore. From here, he is going to Ghazipore. He has refused to accept fifty thousand rupees which were brought in by the vakil of Navab Fazl Ali Khan. The Marhatta army, which had reached Lahore, is retuning to Shajahanabad. Their forward column has reached Sirhind and Navab Ghazi al-Din Khan, who did not agree with the Prince, is staying in the mansion of Ali Mardan Khan.

Rajah Ram Singh [Governor of Midnapore] arrived here today, i.e. Tuesday. He had brought with him two drafts of fifty thousand rupees. I informed Amir Beg Khan that Rajah Ram Singh says that he would deposit this sum only after he was assured that he would be restored to the Risalahdarship. Amir Beg Khan replied that the case of his appointment to risalah would be decided only if Clive and Amir Beg Khan would write to the Nawab Sahib for this. I could recall two hundred horsemen and five hundred artillery men under the charge of a friend of mine, Mir Sulaiman, and place Rajah Ram Singh in charge of this force but he did not accept this offer saying that he had nothing to do with this risalah. Amir Beg Khan advised me that I should refer the matter to you. I will be awaiting for your decision on this issue. Meanwhile, at mid-day on Sunday I came to know that Rajah Tilokchand, a zamindar of Burdwan, with his men were obstructing our employees in sending government money to you. I have therefore sent a force of twenty five horsemen and one hundred soldiers to Burdwan to bring Ramchand Diwan and `q Majmuhdar Gokal [?]. Later it was revealed by these two that the Deputy Diwan Raghu Indar was behind this mischief. They have now instructed their staff not to obstruct our messengers. I request you to send me a letter in English for Mr Scrafton who is in Muradbagh saying that he should recall the men he had sent to bring money to Burdwan and that he should not receive any money in Muradbagh.

Ganga Ram came to see Rajah Rajballabha Sahib and told him that Bishnu Charan Bose, son of the late Ram Nath, owes him money, household utensils, clothes, etc. which he had left with him on trust. It is therefore requested that you may order your employees to call Bishnu Charan before them and recover the money, utensils and clothes, etc. from him.

I have sent two parvanahs of wages complete with my signatures and stamp through Nand Kumar; I hope you will have received them by now. In order to fulfil the official requirements I would appreciate if you could send me official receipts with your personal stamps, etc.

I hope you have already received news report from the court of Rajah Ram Narayan we had sent you early this morning. The subsequent news is that when Rajah Ram Narayan went out he was accompanied by harkaras and they have submitted the following report. -- At mid-day when four ghari of the day had pased the rajah's carriage reached Phulwari and he sent two of his courtiers, Muhammad Ali Khan and Mir Masum, to see Nawab Madar al-Daulah. Nawab Madar al-Daulah received them with open arms and took them to his palace where they conducted negotiations with the help of Shah Shakir. Afterwards, the rajah left his elephant and sat in a palanquin and came to the tent of the Nawab Madar al-Daulah. They continued their negotiations for about four hours. Nawab Ahmad Khan Quraishi and Mustafa Quli Khan and Himmat Zaman Khan the son of Muslih Khan, Bishn Singh, Khanis? Ali Khan with his sons and Mir Abdullah had gone in the tent with the aforesaid rajah. Nawab Ahmad Khan offered a nazr of two ashrafis and Mustafa Quli Khan one ashrafi to Nawab Madar al-Daulah. -- In the afternoon Nawb Madar al-Daulah mounted his elephant and went to his fort. It was 13th of Rajab. -- Other news is that Nawab Shuja al-Daulah has left Lucknow and has come to Sahsram. -- Other news is that on Monday the 19th of this month Rajah Ram Narayan, with the help of mediator Nawab Madar al-Daulah, went to see the Prince.

I had received letters from Rajah Kajne ? Raj and Mirza Rajah Munnah Sultan Bahadur. I am enclosing my replies to these letters and hope that your staff will be able to send these replies to the appropriate persons as well as inform me about you health and welfare.

I have been informed that you have returned to your base now. I would appreciate if you could write to me about you well-being.

I have already sent reminders regarding the payment of five thousand rupees by your factories. I have leant that this money has not yet been paid. As I need this sum urgently I therefore I request that the above sum be paid as early as possible. Previously, I had written to Lalah Basant Ra'e at Hoogli regarding the sum of five thousand rupees owed by the treasurery at Fayyzpore but by this time he had already deposited this sum in the Calcutta treasury.

I had sent a petition along with the amount of revenue collected. I am surprised not to have received the receipt of the amount sent to you; kindly let me know the reason for this delay. I had collected twenty five thousand rupees as the revenue due for the month of Phagan and a draft of this sum was handed over to Raza Quli Khan, son of Kazim Ali Khan, an officer employed by Rajah Kishn Chand on the 25th of Phagan so that it could be delivered to you in Calcutta. He had received this draft accompanied by two or three other employees of the Rajah and the draft was sent to Amir Beg Khan so that he could pass this on to you. The remaining amount from the instalment for the month of [?] amounting to twenty five thousand rupees will be sent to you soon followed by the instalment due for the month of Jeth.

After taking you leave I reached Hugli at one pihr and four ghari of the day on Monday the 24th of Muharram, San 6. Here I received the news that Jagat Seth Mahtab Rae had reached Chakdah yesterday. I am hoping that he will reach there today. I am sending Bejhnath who represents the Seth Sahib at the Hugli factory to go out to receive and welcome him here.

Rajah Dulabha Ram Bahadur is a very unhappy and worried man nowadays and has written to Mr Scrafton as well as to you about his difficulties. He has no one else to turn to except yourself and I hope you will be able to consider his request for help with kindness and reply to him accordingly.

Thank you for your letter asking me to send information regarding Fath Singh through Nand Kumar. I have collected this information with great interest and it is being sent to you. I hope you will be satisfied with this.

I have been taking the medicine you had so very kindly recommended for my illness. It has not yet had any effect but I am hoping that it will take effect and cure me from my illness in a week or ten days. I will then be able to come and pay my respect to you. I will inform you about my intention before I leave.

I had sent three pairs of letters to the Bara Sahib through our messenger but have received acknowledgement of only one pair. I had received a letter from one of our agent working in the Prince's camp; this is enclosed with this letter. It is learnt that some French officers have arrived here from Benares and a large number of people in Azimabad are corresponding with them. -- Enclosure 1: Seal of Harkara La'l Rang Konpani-yi Angrez. -- On the 4th of this month the Prince woke up in the morning and had his breakfast. After one ghari had passed Rajah Ram Nath came to see the Prince. Later, Bahadur Ali Khan also came to see the Prince and presented a petition of Murad al-Daulah Bahadur. He signed the petition and ordered an official document to be prepared. Later he went into Tasbih Khanah and remained there for one ghari. He later came and sat in the Diwan-i Khas and ordered the army to get ready to march. Bahadur Ali Khan informed the Prince that four French artillery officers had arrived. The Prince ordered that they should be sent to operate the guns on the front. When four ghari of the day had passed Rajah Ram Nath, Bahadur Ali Khan, Murad al-Daulah Bahadur, Naubat Khan and Aintha? Khan assembled at one place to discuss future strategy. The meeting was presided by the Prince who sat in an English chair. At the same time a petition from Muhammad Quli Khan was presented. The Prince signed the document and ordered a reply to be prepared. The meeting continued for one ghari and after it was over the Prince ordered the food to be served. Bahadur Ali Khan, Murad al-Daulah Bahadur, Naubat Khan and Aithiya Khan also joined in. After one ghari the Prince went into his Tasbih Khanah and came out from there after one ghari and again sat on his chair. He ordered his horse to be made ready; the name of the horse is Barqandaz. He went around visiting on his horse for one ghari. Later, he transferred himself on to an elephant and ordered Murad al-Daulah to lead the procession and in this way reached the house of Mir Begam. At this time four cannons were fired. From the Kothi to Alipore, which is a distance of one Koh, the whole area was full of morchals and banners; at this time a number of guns were fired. Maharajah Sahib had meanwhile arranged for ammunition to be sent. He also sent a number of people to find out the location where Sahib [probably an English General on the payroll of the prince] had arrived. Maharaja Sahib has also asked to write to Sahib and to inform him as soon as he arrives. It is rumoured that the Sahib is coming to join the forces of the Prince and for this reason the Prince has travelled to reach the South Gate of the city and has erected morchals there. It is also rumoured that the French forces have also reached the frontiers. -- In addition, a messenger named Ram Dahn and another named Sital? Chand are employed by Gulab Chand in the court of Bahadur Ali Khan. Gulab Chand receives a salary of 12 rupees per month and pays seven rupees a month to Sital Chand. His job is to receive newsletters from harkaras of Gulab Chand and then he writes them down. For this purpose the aforesaid messenger writes to Sital Chand and then Sital Chand reveals them to Bahadur Ali Khan and Bahadur Ali Khan, in turn, informs Huzur about the details of the Prince's army. Sital Chand writes to Ram Dahn and Ram writes to Gulab Chand and Gulab Chand, after verifying all the details, reports to Huzur. -- Enclosure 2: -- -- I have already sent four letters by post. Please do let me know if you have received all these letters as the people here have arrested Ram Dahn the messenger of Gulab Chand when he was on his way to you.

Acknowledges receipt of two letters and two vouchers for payment of salaries for the years 1165 and 1166 Bangla. He will pass on the parvanahs sent to him on to Amir Beg Khan and will send a detailed report afterwards.

I have received your letter in which you have asked me to send you a rapid camel rider which could carry out important official errands for you. I am sending a camel rider by the name of Muhammad Qaim along with a camel which, I hope, you will find useful for your work.

Surajah Doulah had taken from Omichund some money and goods but on an application being made he was ordered to return them all. Omichund had received but a small quantity of goods and some money; you may remember this well. Omichund was receiving the balance when Mr Watts sent him down about Meir Jaffer's business and told him when that was finished Meir Jaffer would certainly pay him the balance. Meir Jaffer is now Nubab and so could you ask his Diwan to inform him of this and request him to pay the balance in money.

I have received your letter expressing condolence on the death of my uncle Rangram [?]. I am grateful to you for this expression of sympathy on such a sad occasion.

Translation of a letter Pihalvan Singh wrote to Dunde Chaudhari. -- 1. Thank you for your last report. I am with a person who is lord of both worlds. No one has the power to take over my state. The Rajah of Ujain does not have the guts to look towards my lands with greed. They can burn ten or twenty of my villages but would not be able to takeover my state. The Prince is not going to move from here. If Beni Bahadur comes on this side of Benares he would see what happens to him. -- 2. Translation of a letter from the tavakkul and companion of Pihalvan Singh to Dunde Chaudhari. -- The Prince came to see Pihalvan Singh on Wednesday and presented four thousand rupees to him. Pihalvan Singh is managing the affairs of the army. Shivdat Narayan went to see Narobad Singh and asked him to join them; we are still waiting for their arrival. Sunbhal Singh went to the house of Raj Rup and later Pihalvan Singh also joined them. The Prince has five thousand horsemen but many have deserted him. Raj Rup has gone with his force to Sehsaram to ambush the enemy forces at night. -- Enclosure: Translation of a holograph letter Pihalvan Singh wrote to Adhar Choley. -- Thank you for your letter. This country is a gift from God and is not the property of any one person. The sons of Odey Singh are like children; they do not know how to reply to my letters. The Rajah of Ujain should know very well that he cannot occupy my land. Farmers working on my land know my worth and would not allow anyone else to take over. Miran and Colonel Sahib would not be able to establish their camps in this area.