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Add MS 27594

Record Id:
032-002031001
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002031001
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27594
Title:

ORIGINAL letters from Henry Dundas [afterwards] Viscount Melville], Secretary of state, to Lieut.-General [Charles] O'Hara, Major-General David Dundas [afterwards bart.] and General Sir Robert Boyd, K.B., concerning the English occupation of Toulon, and military operations in Corsica; London, 26 Sept. 1793-11 Mar. 1794. Among the enclosures, etc., are:- Extract of a "most secret" letter from Lord Grenville to John Trevor, Envoy at Turin; 13 Dec. 1793, f. 21;- [Sir] Morton Eden [afterwards Lord Henley], Envoy at Vienna, to John Trevor; Vienna, 16 Dec. 1793; copy; f. 25;-[John Augustus, Lord] Hervey, Envoy at Florence, to Major- General Dundas; Leghorn, 4 Jan. 1794, f. 33;-Evan Nepean, Under-secretary for war, to Major-General Dundas; 8 Mar. [l794], f. 62. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Toulon, Var: Letters relating to the English forces at: 1793-1794.

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Letters to Gen. O'Hara, Maj.-Gen. D. Dundas, and Gen. Sir R. Boyd: 1793-1795.

Island of Corsica: Letters relating to the English forces in: 1793, 1794.

General Sir David Dundas, GCB: Letters to, from H. Dundas: 1793-1795.

includes:

  • ff. 6, 12, 16, 27, 29, 31, 37, 45 General Charles O'Hara, Governor of Gibraltar: Letters to H. Dundas: 1793-1794.
  • f. 21 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Prime Minister: Letter to J. Trevor: 1793.
  • f. 33 John Augustus Hervey, Lord Hervey; diplomatist: Letter to Gen. Dundas: 1794.
  • f. 62 Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet: Letter to Maj.-Gen. D. Dundas: 1794.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1793
End Date:
1794
Date Range:
26 Sep 1793-11 Mar 1794
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Dundas, David, Knight, army officer and writer, 1735-1820
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, lawyer, politician and statesman, 1742-1811
Grenville, William Wyndham, 1st Baron Grenville, politician and Prime Minister, 1759-1834
Hervey, John Augustus, Lord Hervey, naval officer and diplomat, 1757-1796
Nepean, Evan, 1st Baronet
O'Hara, Charles, General Governor of Gibraltar
Places:
Corsica, France
Toulon, Var