Letter from Sir Robert Wilmot to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

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Concerns: the King's "extreme anger" at convention signed by the Duke [of Cumberland]; Col. Robert Clive's actions in India buying off the "French nabob" and "French India Men" [on behalf of the East India Company] around "Bengal" [West Bengal] and Chandannagar [as part of the Battle of Palashi]. Written from St James's Street. Signed: "Robt Wilmot".

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