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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Language French Name Lowe, Hudson, army officer and colonial governor; KCB; GCMG; Governor of St Helena, 1769-1844

1. Add MS 15729

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A VOLUME of Original Letters and Papers principally addressed to Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, when acting as Governor of St. Helena, and relating to Napoléon Bonaparte and his suite. The following are the names of the writers:- Sir William Sidney Smith (three letters), Palermo, Sept. Oct. 1806, f. 1 -J. M-, Palermo, 29 July, 1807, f. 6;-Sir W. Drummond, Palermo, 28 Mar. 1808, f. 8;-Sir Hudson Lowe to Col. --, Stralsund, 9 Sept. 1813, f. 10;-[Robert Stewart] Earl of Castlereagh, Secretary of...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Letters to him. includes: f. 1 Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith, GCB: Letters to Sir H. Lowe: 1806. f. 6 J. M-: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1807. f. 8 Sir W- Drummond: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1808. f. 10 Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1806-1834
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 20107-20133

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COPIES of correspondence and papers, principally of an official character, of Sir Hudson Lowe, from the year 1794 to the year 1822: made apparently under his own instructions
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In twentyseven volumes. Paper. Folio. They have been used by Mr. Forsyth for his "History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena," 3 vols., 1853, and had been previously in the hands of Sir Harris Nicolas for a similar work; and they have a few notes in the handwriting of the latter. Lieute...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1794-1825
Extent:
27 items

3. Add MS 20108

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VOL. II. Copy of correspondence and papers relating to service in the island of Capri, Jan.-Dec. 1808. Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Papers and correspondence when commanding at Capri: 1807-1809. Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 20110

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Vol. IV. Ionian Islands: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lowe while commanding in: 1805 - 1814. Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Papers and correspondence when commanding in the Ionian Isles: 1810-1816. Sr John Oswald, Brgadier-General: Correspondence with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Jan 1809-Oct 1812
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 20134

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CONTEMPORARY register of letters of Sir Hudson Lowe to the Secretary for War, to Admiral Lord Exmouth, and to various military officers and others, when in separate command of British troops at Genoa and Marseilles, in June and July, 1815; and of his letters to members of the Government, and others, subsequent to his return to England; 19 August, 1815-16 January, 1816. Paper. Folio.
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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1815-1816. Hon William Hill, Envoy Extraordinary to Sardinia: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1808-1815. Republic of Genoa: Correspondence of Sir H. Lowe while in command of British troops at: 1815. Sir Henry Torrens, Lieu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1815-Jan 1816
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 20135-20140

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SIMILAR register of letters of the same, as Governor of St. Helena, to the Secretary for War and other official personages in England; July, 1816-July, 1821; with copies of a few of later date, written after his retirement from the island; 1822-1826
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In five volumes, with a supplementary volume of letters omitted in the previous series. Paper. Folio. Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Official correspondence and papers: 1794-1827. Island of St Helena: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lowe, while Governor: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1816-1826
Extent:
6 items

7. Add MS 20141

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REGISTER of correspondence of the same with the Counts Las Cases and Bertrand, and General Gourgaud, attached to Napoleon's household at Longwood, July, 1816-June, 1818. Paper. Folio.
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Emmanuel de Las Cases, Comte: Register of correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1816, 1817.: Fr. and Engl. Comte Henri Gratien Bertrand,; French general: Correspondence with Comte de Las Cases: 1817, 1819.: Fr. Comte Henri Gratien Bertrand,; French general: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe and other...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jul 1816-Jun 1818
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 20147-20150

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ENTRY-BOOKS of letters of Sir Hudson Lowe, principally to officers and others in St. Helena; endorsed, "Copies of Letters written by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe or by his orders, addressed to Foreign Stations and to persons on the Island of St. Helena;" April, 1816-July, 1821. Four volumes. Paper. Folio.
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Lord Charles Henry Somerset, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1815-1821. General Charles Tristan de Montholon, Marquis de Montholon: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1816-1821.: Fr. and Engl. Victor François de Montchenu, Marquis; French Commissioner at St. H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1816-1821
Extent:
4 items

9. Add MS 20151

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1. Copy of correspondence of Sir H. Lowe with Baron Stürmer, the Austrian Commissioner at St. Helena; July, 1816-May, 1821, f. 1. 2. Copy of correspondence of the same with Count Balmain, the Russian Commissioner; July, 1816-April, 1820, f 52 b. 3. Copy of correspondence of the same with the Marquis de Montchenu; July, 1816-Mar. 1819, f. 143. Paper. Folio.
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Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Official correspondence and papers: 1794-1827. Island of St Helena: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lowe, while Governor: 1815-1824. Napoleon I of France: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lowe relating to Napoleon's life a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jul 1816-May 1821
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 20152

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CONTINUATION of copy of correspondence of Sir H. Lowe with the Marquis de Montchenu, May, 1819-May, 1820. Paper. Folio.
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Victor François de Montchenu, Marquis; French Commissioner at St. Helena: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1816-1823.: Fr. Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Official correspondence and papers: 1794-1827. Island of St Helena: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
May 1819-May 1820
Extent:
1 item