East Indies Series 38.

(1) p. 1, Directors to Mr. Chamier 9th April 1777, asking for an official reply to their representation on the state of the Company's Military forces in India. (2) p. 5, Routine or Formal Letters. (3) pp. 9-10, List of Papers presented to Lord Weymouth 11th April 1777. (4) Lord Pigot's arrest. pp. 13-213, George Stratton and Majority of Council to Directors 24th Sept. 1776 giving reasons for their action (also affairs of Nawab of Arcot); pp. 237-47, Majority's Proclamation (duplicate of H/129, pp. 703-9); pp. 249-68, Col. James Stuart's Report on his action against Lord Pigot with his letter to Lord Pigot of 24th Aug. 1776; pp. 299-314, Lieut.-Col. James Edington's and Sergeant George Shaw's narratives of the actual arrest of Lord Pigot and of what happened subsequently at the Mount on 27th-30th Aug. 1776 (about 2,500 words); pp. 325-36, Majority's letters to Major Matthew Horne 15th to 18th Sept. 1776 regarding Public Papers in Pigot's possession. (5) pp. 217-27, Affairs of the Nawab of Arcot. (6) pp. 231-4, Minute by Charles Floyer on Mr. Dalrymple's Minute regarding the Powers of the Majority of the Council. No date. (7) pp. 271-87, Governor-General and Bengal Council to Lord Pigot 7th Aug. 1776, with, pp. 291-6, Secret Consultations of same date (duplicate of H/129, pp. 723-5). (8) pp. 339-48, 431-6, 471-9, 493-6, Tanjore Affairs. (9) pp. 351-4, R. D. Munro to Madras Majority 16th Sept. 1776, Protesting against arbitrary dismissal. (10) pp. 357-64, Paul Benfield to Madras Majority 8th Sept. 1776, Accuses Pigot of accepting great presents from Native Princes, Reply 17th Sept. 1776. (11) pp. 367, 515-27, Correspondence between Sir Edward Hughes and the Madras Majority 8th Sept. to 18th Oct. 1776, with Lord Pigot's letter of 7th Sept. to Hughes relative to the misdeeds of Sir Robert Fletcher. (12) pp. 371-427, 439-48, Accusation brought, 15th Sept. 1776, by William Randall against Amir-ul-Amrah of plotting Lord Pigot's murder; pp. 451-3, Capt. Samuel Mills' Deposition. (13) Madras Majority to Directors. pp. 455-67, 10th Oct. 1776, Tanjore Affairs, Pigot's arrest; pp. 555-94, 21st Sept. 1776, Punishment of Company's servants for irregularities, Committee of Circuit. (14) pp. 483-90, 497-502, Nawab of Arcot to Governor Stratton, 3rd and 5th Oct. 1776. (15) pp. 505-12, Governor-General and Bengal Council to Madras Majority 10th Sept. 1776, Regrets their action but acknowledges their authority. (16) pp. 531-47, Minutes by Sir Robert Fletcher and Madras Majority with Consultations of 29th Aug. 1776, Filling up of vacancies in Council, Committee of Circuit. (17) pp. 551-3, Governor-General and Bengal Council to Masulipatam Council 16th Sept. 1776, Recognition of the Madras Majority. (18) pp. 597-623, Nawab of Arcot to Directors 25th Sept. 1776. (19) pp. 625-6, Madras Majority to Nawab of Arcot 14th Sept. 1776.

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