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Sir John Malcolm Papers
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Sir John Malcolm Papers

  • GB 0210 JOMALC
  • Fonds
  • [c. 1824]-[c. 1829]

The archive consists almost entirely of Sir John Malcolm's transcript of some of Clive's papers held now at the National Library of Wales, [c. 1824]-[c. 1828], compiled for his biography of Clive, together with drafts of the biography, and an index and abstracts of some of Clive's correspondence. The fonds does not include any of Malcolm's personal and public papers, apart from a single file relating to his governorship of Bombay.

Malcolm, John, Sir, 1769-1833

Transcripts of Clive letter books, abstracts, and draft biography of Clive

The unit comprises transcripts, [c.1824]-[c.1828], of Clive of India's original letter books (now NLW, Clive of India Papers CR1-CR6); of some of Clive's letter books now no longer extant; and of other Clive papers made by or on behalf of Sir John Malcolm preparatory to his biography of Clive, together with drafts of the biography.

Transcripts: general letters

The file comprises a transcript of NLW, Clive of India Papers CR1/1, together with a transcript of additional letters, 1756-1759, from Clive to his father and to Mr King and his other attornies concerning his financial affairs.

Transcripts of Clive's country letter books

The series comprises transcripts of Clive's original 'Country letter books', 1756-1767, now NLW, Clive of India Papers CR2. The contents of four of the original letter books have been transcribed in a single volume.

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