Papers of the Calcutta Council and its committees, 1757-1768
Papers of the Calcutta Council and its committees, 1757-1768
Collection: The East India Company: Laying the Foundations for British Colonial Domination of India, 1752–1774 Volumes Papers of the Calcutta Council and its committees, 1757-1768
Sub-series CSA: The council's official title was the Council of Fort William, Calcutta, of which Clive, as Governor of Bengal, was the ex officio president. In 1766, during Clive's second governorship, it was composed of fourteen senior company servants. Scope and content: Consultations (i.e. minutes, resolutions and correspondence) of the council, 1765, indexes to the consultations, 1766, proceedings of the select committee, 1765, proceedings of a committee of inspection, 1766, and miscellaneous correspondence and papers (council and committees), 1757-1759, 1766-1767. Arrangement: In six documents: consultations, indexes to the consultations, proceedings of the council, proceedings of the select committee, proceedings of the committee of inspection, and miscellaneous correspondence and papers. Extent: 10 vols., 1 envelope.
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