Identity area
Reference code
M5/1
Title
Transcripts: letters from England
Date(s)
- (Watermark 1828) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
109ff. of text
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The file includes letters from Clive's wife Margaret, his father Richard Clive, John Walsh, Robert Orme, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The letters in the file discuss, inter alia family and domestic matters including building work at Styche and Walcot; British politics and parliamentary affairs, including references to the American colonies and the repeal of the Stamp Act; the Regency Bill; William Pitt's appointment as Prime Minister; the rejection of the India Bill; East India Company business; the political situation in Bengal and Clive's reforms there and Robert Orme's History.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
english
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Notes area
Note
Previous NLW ref. no.: Clive MSS and Papers MS 52
Note
Preferred citation: M5/1
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004173556
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000173556
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- East India Company. Court of Directors (Subject)
- Great Britain Stamp Act (1765) (Subject)
- Styche Hall (Shropshire,England : Mansion) (Subject)
- Walcot Park (Shropshire, England: mansion) (Subject)
- Walsh, John, 1726-1795 (Subject)
- Orme, Robert, 1728-1801 (Subject)
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 (Subject)