A Letter to the Proprietors of the East India Stock, from Lord Clive.

£750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Clive's important letter to the East-India Company defending his actions and legacy in India, in particular railing against Laurence Sulivan (1713-1786), the serving chairman of the East-India Company, and his not unfounded accusations of corruption. Off the back of this letter Clive was sent back to India again as Governor-General for his third and final stint where he received the firman from the King Shah Aalum which confirmed the East-India Company's control of Bengal. Appendices includes Clive's treaty with Mir Jafar (1691-1765) in 1757 which several critics had argued he had no right to. First edition; 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm); half-title and errata, disbound with remains to spine; [4], 91 pp. Pickett 715.

• Binding: Hardcover

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