The East India Company: Laying the Foundations for British Colonial Domination of India, 1752-1774 - Volumes
Volumes
18 volumes in The East India Company: Laying the Foundations for British Colonial Domination of India, 1752-1774
Original correspondence, 1752-1774
Sub-series CR: These items consist, for the most part, of several different series of letter books containing, Clive's mainly outgoing correspondence. They cover the years 1752-1759, 1765-1767, and 1767-1774, and pertain, respectively, to his first, second and third (and last) periods of residence in India (including the capture of Calcutta, the battle of Plassey and his first and second governorships of Bengal) and his return to and final years in... Read more →
Contemporary transcripts [of correspondence, 1756-1760]
Sub-series CC: Contemporary transcripts of Clive's correspondence during his second period in India (the originals of which do not appear to have survived) comprising transcripts of his private letters, 1756-1760, and transcripts and duplicate transcripts of his official letter books, 1758-1760, entitled Country correspondence to be kept by the Governor. A note on the covers of some of these latter volumes suggests that they were transcribed in 1763 when Clive's... Read more →
India financial papers, 1752-1774
Sub-series CF: Accounts of Clive's personal and official finances both in India and England, buy mainly in the former. The distinction, however, is not always clear since both his foreign and domestic transactions and the different types of accounts are sometimes represented separately and sometimes intermixed. The group comprises : journals of India accounts, 1757-1759, journals of general accounts: England and India, 1763-1774, journals of 'Lord Clive's Concerns in Bengal',... Read more →
Civil administration of Bengal papers, 1758-1766
Sub-series CA: Official papers which, although not extensive, reflect Clive's involvement in the civil administration of Bengal. They include papers relating to revenue collection, population statistics, currency reform and trade. They derive, for the most part, from Clive's two periods as governor of Bengal, 1758-1760 and 1765-1767, but relate almost exclusively to the latter. Arrangement: In three documents: revenue accounts and reports, 1758, 1765-1766, establishment lists, 1766, papers relating to... Read more →
