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Add MS 20213
- Record Id:
- 032-002090475
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002090475
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x00019a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 20213
- Title:
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1. ORIGINAL letters of the Rev. R[ichard] Boys, Master of the Head School and Senior Chaplain to the Forces at St. Helena, to Sir. H. Lowe, Major Gorrequer, and Sir Thos. Reade, principally relating to circumstances connected with the receipt of a snuff-box from Napoleon, through Mr. O'Meara; 23 May, 1816-25 July, 1821 with copies, f. 1.
2. Original letters of the Rev. Bowater James Vernon to Sir H. Lowe and Major Gorrequer, chiefly on the same subject; 23 Feb. 1818-23 July, 1821, f. 53. Paper. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
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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 Sir H. Lowe, while Governor: 1815-1824.
Napoleon I of France: Correspondence and papers of Sir H. Lowe relating to Napoleon's life at St. Helena: 1815-1826.
includes:
- ff. 1-52 Richard Boys, Chaplain at Saint Helena: Correspondence with Sir. H. Lowe, Maj. Gorrequer, and Sir T. Reade: 1816-1821.
- ff. 12, 26, 30-50 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Reade, Deputy Adjutant-General at Saint Helena: Correspondence with Rev. R. Boys: 1820, 1821.
- ff. 53-73 Bowater James Vernon, Army Chaplain at St. Helena: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe and others: 1818-1821.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002090475
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002090475
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1816
- End Date:
- 1821
- Date Range:
- 23 May 1816-25 Jul 1821
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Boys, Richard, Chaplain at Saint Helena
Gorrequer, Gideon, army officer and military secretary to Sir Hudson Lowe, ?1781-1841
Lowe, Hudson, army officer and colonial governor; KCB; GCMG; Governor of St Helena, 1769-1844
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Reade, Thomas, Lieutenant-Colonel; Deputy Adjutant-General at Saint Helena
Vernon, Bowater James, Army Chaplain at St. Helena - Places:
- St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean