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Record Id:

032-001962036

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001962036

MDARK:

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 61805

Title:

WATERLOO CAMPAIGN: journal and correspondence of the Rev. George Griffin Stonestreet, Chaplain to the Guards 1814-1818; 1814-1830. Partly copies. Partly French. The journal relates part of the Waterloo campaign, and the letters, mostly from Stonestreet to his former brother-in-law, George Trower, of Montagu Place, Bloomsbury, report the latest news from the Low Countries and France. From 1816 all Stonestreet's letters are sent from his base at Cambrai. A note identifying Stonestreet as the author of the journal (f. 2v) is signed 'G. O. T.', probably George Oakley Trower, grandson of George Trower. Purchased at Christie's, 16 April 1980, lot 48.

Paper; ff. i+137. 320 x 200mm. British Library arrangement.

1. ff. 4-50. 'Recollections of some of the scenes of which I was witness in the Low Countries and France in the Campaign of 1814 and 1815 and the subsequent occupation of French Flanders'; after 1818. Fair copy. Imperfect, ending in 1814.

2. ff. 51-137. Correspondence and papers; 1814-1830. Partly French.

Scope & Content:

Belgium General: Voyages and Travels: Netherlands, General: France General: Reverend George Griffin Stonestreet, Chaplain to the Guards; FSA: Army; England: Diaries and Memoranda: Journal and correspondence rel. to the Waterloo campaign, etc., of Rev. George Griffin Stonestreet: 1814-1830: Partly Fr.: Partly copies.

includes:

ff. 51, 106 John Owen, Chaplain-General to the Forces: Letters to the Rev. G. G. Stonestreet from John Owen: 1814, 1816.
ff. 53-132 passim George Trower, of Montagu Sq., Bloomsbury; brother-in-law of the Reverend G G Stonestreet: Letters from the Rev. G. G. Stonestreet to George Trower: 1814-1818.
f. 79 Major-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, GCB: Letter to the Rev. G. G. Stonestreet from Maj.-Gen. Sir Peregrine Maitland: 1815.
f. 94 General Sir Harry Calvert, 1st Baronet: Order rel. to marriages of soldiers and baptism of their children from Gen. Sir Harry Calvert: 1816: Printed.
f. 100 M. van Asten: Letter from the Rev. G. G. Stonestreet to M. van Asten: [1816?]: Fr.
f. 104 Sergeant Charles Wood, Grenadier Guards: Letter to the Rev. G. G. Stonestreet from Sgt. Charles Wood: 1816.
ff. 108, 110 Samuel Briscall, Chaplain to the Forces: Letters to the Rev. G. G. Stonestreet from Samuel Briscall: 1817: Partly copies.
f. 128 Captain Maitland: Letter to the Rev. G. G. Stonestreet from Capt. — Maitland: 1818.
f. 134 William Whitfield Dakins, DD; Principal Chaplain to the Forces: Field-Marshal Sir Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge Governor-General of India: Letter to William Whitfield Dakins from Field-Marshal Sir Henry Hardinge: 1830: Copy.
f. 136 Calendars: Almanac for 1813-1862: 1813: Fr.: Printed.
f. 136 Maps and Plans: Cambrai, France: Plan of Cambrai: 1813: Engr.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

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Hierarchy:

032-001962036

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1814

End Date:

1830

Date Range:

1814-1830

Era:

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Custodial History:

George Oakley Trower, grandson of G Trower: Owned, 19th cent.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Army of England
Asten, M van
Briscall, Samuel, Chaplain to the Forces
Calvert, Harry, 1st Baronet, General
Dakins, William Whitfield, military chaplain and minor canon of Westminster Abbey, 1767-1850
Hardinge, Henry, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Field-Marshal Governor-Gen of India
Maitland, Peregrine, Major-General GCB
Maitland, —, Captain
Owen, John, Chaplain-General to the Forces
Stonestreet, George Griffin, Reverend Chaplain to the Guards, FSA
Trower, George Oakley, grandson of G Trower
Trower, George, of Montagu Sq Bloomsbury, brother-in-law of the Reverend G G Stonestreet
Wood, Charles, Sergeant . Grenadier Guards

Places:

Cambrai, France