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163531. Add MS 89727/2/39

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Title:
General correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers 1957
Scope & Content:
With an empty envelope, postmarked 7 Aug 1964, addressed to Sayers c/o David Higham Associates in London from the Répertoire International des Médiévistes, Poitiers, with a forwarding address of Belle-Air, Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland marked on it. David Higham was Sayers's agent and the firm would o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957
Extent:
1 folder

163532. Add MS 89727/2/40

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Title:
General correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers - undated correspondence I
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1909-c 1957
Extent:
1 folder

163533. Add MS 89727/2/41

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Title:
General correspondence of Dorothy L. Sayers - undated correspondence II
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1909-c 1957
Extent:
1 folder

163534. Add MS 89727/3

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Title:
Other papers collected by Dorothy L. Sayers
Scope & Content:
Includes: Sayers's Cyclists' Touring Club membership card; a reproduction of a 1937 advertisement for Guinness showing an illustration from The Pickwick Papers containing a Guinness placard; notes [in Sayers's hand?] entitled 'Ideas for Transparencies'; a typed list of the names and fates of eigh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1950s
Extent:
1 folder

163535. Add MS 89728

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon from Spain and Portugal while on campaign with the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War. The majority of the letters are addressed to his wife, Isabella Julia Gordon, and contain details of the administration of campaigning and conditions for th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1814
Extent:
6 folders

163536. Add MS 89728/1

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife, Isabella Julia Gordon, during the Peninsular War. The majority of the letters are addressed to "dearest Ju" and contain updates on the progress of the war and Gordon's involvement. They have been arranged chonologically by month and many r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1814
Extent:
6 folders

163537. Add MS 89728/1/1

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during June and August 1812. These letters begin on HMS Fawn on 28 Jun as Gordon sets sail from Falmouth for the Peninsular. However, bad weather forces a return to Falmouth for several days. The first letter from Lisbon is dated 12 Jul w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

163538. Add MS 89728/1/2

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during September and October 1812, some including original envelopes, one with an attached family seal. These letters begin with one on 8 Sep from Valladolid, originally enclosing a copy of a report on the position of the troops. The letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

163539. Add MS 89728/1/3

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Title:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during and after the Peninsular War
Scope & Content:
Letters sent by Sir James Willoughby Gordon to his wife during November 1812 and Oct 1814, some including original envelopes, one with an attached family seal and one with an attached military seal. These letters begin with one on 1 Nov from Rueda, describing how the siege of Burgos was abandoned...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1812-1814
Extent:
1 folder

163540. Add MS 89728/2

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Title:
Official documents created by James Willoughby Gordon
Scope & Content:
Official documents created by Gordon during the Peninsular War. Report to the King, dated 8 Sep 1812 from Valledolid, marked “Confidential and secret”, describing the transfer of the allied army's headquarters from Madrid to Valladolid, and the movements of the troops from 1-7 Sep. Memorandum of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
1 folder

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