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- 1752-1774. (Creation)
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49 vols., 1 bundle.
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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’, 1765-1766, contemporary copy journals of India accounts, 1757-1758, draft journals of general accounts England and India, 1764, 1769-1774, ledgers of diamond accounts, 1755-1757, ledgers of India accounts, 1757-1759, ledgers of general accounts England and India, 1763-1774, ledgers of Lord Clive’s Concerns in Bengal, 1765-1766, contemporary copy ledgers of India accounts, 1757-1758, account books of India accounts, 1759-1760, cash books of general accounts England, 1763-1764, cash books of Lord Clive’s Concerns in Bengal, 1765-1766, miscellaneous cash account books, 1756-1763, bills books; 1756-1758, and bundles of accounts, 1752-1758.
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Arranged into sixteen series.
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Preferred citation: CF