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Includes an inaugural letter of Clive stating his objectives for the committee, orders for the recall of ‘Free Merchants’ and ‘Europeans not immediately in the Company’s Service’ who are residing ‘up the Country’, letters received from and despatched to General Carnac and others concerning military and financial matters and the establishment of peace, depositions and a letter (translated from Persian) relating to the presents received by various councillors from the Nawab.

Includes further letters from Clive and other members of the committee in the field concerning Indian politics.

A copy, 20 Oct. 1766, of the proceedings of a meeting of the court held on 1 Oct. 1766 devoted exclusively to the public oath and bond taken and executed by Clive as governor to refrain from engaging in trade and sworn as a precedent to future governors. They bear the seal of the court and the signatures of James Lister, the mayor, and John Holme, the register.

Duplicates of proceedings (i.e. minutes, resolutions, etc. as in the consultations) of the board meeting, held 1 Feb. 1768 and devoted exclusively to the dispute surrounding the gift made in 1767 to Clive (or his successor as governor of Bengal) of the ship Tetenbien belonging to the King of Pegu [in Burma].

Proceedings of the committee from its constitution on 18 March 1766 to 6 Nov. 1766, including reports and accounts of officers such as the military Paymaster General containing abstracts of pay to sepoys, lascars, artificers and coolies, returns of casualties, a list of assistants and servants employed in the fort, charges relating to repairs and merchandize and particulars of marine disbursements.

A contemporary translation of the contents is CR8/1, entry no. 65.

Poll books, 1774, for the borough of Shrewsbury and the county of Montgomery, 1775, and canvass return of the borough of Shrewsbury.

Despite a political career spanning a decade and more, the group consists of comparatively few papers confined basically to the general elections of 1774-1775, and the Parliamentary enquiry of 1772-1773.

Poems, plays and manuscripts from Clive’s private collection.

Poem, [c. 1771], in honour of Lord Clive by Francis Bacon Lee.

Handwritten play/dramatic poem, [c. 1760], entitled ‘The British Hero, Or, India Preserv’d,’ dedicated to Lord Clive. Author unidentified.

The group comprises manuscripts and papers from or relating to Clive’s private library, papers relating to his support of local causes and his Knighthood of the Bath, various bills, bonds and other personal accounts, personal correspondence and acquired papers.

Personal and domestic correspondence comprising letters from Clive to his cousin George Clive, 1760-1761; letters to Clive in India from his wife, Margaret, Lady Clive, and his son Edward, 1765-1767; and letters from Lady Clive in Europe to Clive in England, 1768.

The letters in this bundle were undated and because of insufficient information in the text could not be efficiently dated. They are arranged in alphabet order by author followed by letters with no author's name.

The letters in this bundle are believed to be from a year prior to Clive's third tour and two years later. Where no approximate date is given and they have been listed under their author in alphabetical order. The latter part of the bundle consists of letters with no known author.

The letters in this bundle are believed to be from Clive's second tour. No approximate date is given and they have been listed under their author in alphabetical order. The latter part of the bundle consists of letters with no known author.

The letters in this bundle are believed to be from Clive's second tour. Where no approximate date is given they have been listed under their author in alphabetical order.