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

1. 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

2. Add MS 20191

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ORIGINAL letters addressed to Colonel Lowe, serving in the Ionian Islands, Sweden, and Germany, Jan. 1811-Dec. 1813; with his own drafts. The writers are: Airey, Major-Gen. George, ff. 169, 171, 173, 185. Anino, Nicolo. Ital. f. 230. Barzoni, Vittorio (copy of plan for liberation of Venice), f. 153. Bathurst, Henry, 3rd Earl of, ff. 332, 334. Berger, Lieut.-Col. A. von, ff. 204, 296. Borre, . French. f. 367. Brisbane, Capt. James, R.N., f. 28. Bunbury, Lieut.-Col. Henry Edward, ff. 200, 203,...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Papers and correspondence when commanding in the Ionian Isles: 1810-1816. Jean de St. Laurent, Comte; Captain in the Corsican Rangers: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1804-1814.: Eng. and Fr.: Orig. and Copies. Sir Charles Willi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
Jan 1811-Dec 1813
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 20203

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PRIVATE and official correspondence of Sir Hudson Lowe and Major Gorrequer, Military Secretary, with the Foreign Commissioners at St. Helena; July 1816-Sept. 1822; viz., Baron Stürmer, for Austria, ff. 1-85; Count Balmain, for Russia, ff. 86-233;-the Marquis de Montchenu, for France, ff. 235-335. At ff. 336, 338 are two letters from Sir H. Lowe to the Grand Maréchal Count Bertrand and Baron Tuyll [Russian Minister at Rio de Janeiro]; dat. 27 May, 1821. Paper. Folio.
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Gideon Gorrequer, Major and Lieutenant Colonel: Correspondence, while private secretary to Sir H. Lowe, at St. Helena: 1816 - 1821. Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Official correspondence and papers: 1794-1827. Island of St Helena: Correspondence and papers of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
Jul 1816-Sep 1822
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 47272

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LIEVEN PAPERS. Vol. XXXIX (ff. 180). Correspondence with:- (1) Count Aleksandr Antonovich Balmain, Russian Commissioner on St. Helena; [?1804]-1827. French. ff. 1-49. (2) Petr Vasilievich Poggenpohl, Russian diplomatist; 1817-1827, n.d. French, German and Russian. ff. 50-180. Accompts: Liev...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1803-1827
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 56088

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LOWE PAPERS. Vol. I. Correspondence, etc.; 1795-1857. Some of the material bears editor's marks, and annotations by Nicholas occur. ff. 175. British Library arrangement. Contents: 1. ff. 1-76. Correspondence and papers; 1795-1841. Partly copies. Some French and German. 2. ff. 77-94. Autobiogra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1794-1857
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 56088-56091

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Add MS 56088-56091
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LOWE PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, G.C.M.G., Governor of St Helena (d.1844), and members of his family; 1761-1862, n.d. Partly copies. Some French and German. Much of the material in these volumes was used by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (d.1848) in compiling his 'Memoir' of Lowe, see 56090. Among other papers relating to Lowe is the major collection Add. 20107-20240. For an account of Lowe's papers see L. J. Gorton, 'The papers of Sir Hudson Lowe', ...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG: Army; England: Correspondence and papers of Lt.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe: 1787-1841, n.d: Partly copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1761-1862
Extent:
4 items