RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXIX. (ff. 134). Letter-book of John Richards, as Governor of Alicante, continued; 31 Oct. 1707- 26 Feb. 1709. The letters relate to the affairs of his Spanish regiment; the victualling, etc., of Alicante and Denia, and their siege by the Spaniards; the surrender of Le...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXX. (ff. 51). Letter-book of Michael Richards at Barcelona; 9 Jan.-15 Apr. 1711. At the end are inserted a few letters carrying on the correspondence to 14 July. The period covered immediately follows the battle of Brihuega, and much information is given of the state ...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXI. (ff. 29). Copies in the hand of Michael Richards of his letters, etc., to the Board of Ordnance, as "chief engineer of Great Britain"; 11 Nov. 1711- 20 July, 1714. The papers relate to the fortifications, etc., of Gibraltar, Portsmouth, Hull, Berwick, Carlisle, T...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXII. (ff. 12). Tables of the increase and decrease, etc., of the Royal Navy between 1 Oct. 1697 and 1 Nov. 1698, with the establishment at the end of the period, giving the fullest particulars regarding each ship. Followed by lists of salaries at the Admiralty, in th...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXXIV. (ff. 74). " Transactions between England and France, relating to Hudson's Bay; 1687." Followed (f. 50) by similar Transactions for 1699. Hudson's Bay, N. America: Transactions between England and France relating to: 1687, 1699. Louis XIV of France: Transaction...
COLLECTIONS relating to military affairs, etc.; circ. 1689-1712. 1. Papers of Generals M. and J. Richards (cf. Nos. 447-480), viz. (a) Arguments in favour of taking the oaths to William and Mary; circ. 1689. f. 1 ;-(b) Diary of the campaign in the Netherlands in 1692, with a short account of t...
" STATE Of Ordnance and Stores at the several Forts and Castles in Great Britain, as also at the four Forreigne Garrisons " [Annapolis in Nova Scotia, Gibraltar, Placentia in Newfouiidland, and Port Mahon in Minorca]: a detailed account of the stores, etc., at each place, with a summary of the w...
ACCOUNT of the reviews and military exercises of Hanoverian Hesse, and Hessian troops held before George H. at Hanover, Luxemburg, and Herrenhausen in July and August, 1729, with coloured diagrams; drawn up, apparently at the King's request, by Richard Manning. At the end (f. 22) are coloured dr...
" RETURNS of His Majesty's Forces "; 2 June, 1762. Included are troops in Germany, in North America, in the East Indies, under orders for Portugal, on an expedition under Lord Albemarle, etc. At f 38, on an inserted card, is a plan, with particulars, of old and new barracks at Colchester. Paper;...