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Add MS 20226
- Record Id:
- 032-002090488
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002090488
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x0001a7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 20226
- Title:
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PRIVATE and official letters of Lieut.-General Lord Charles Henry Somerset and Major-Gen. Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, to Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn and Sir Hudson Lowe; 1815-1821; with list of arrivals and departures of vessels at the Cape; 9 Nov. 1816-29 May, 1817. Paper. Folio.
- Scope & Content:
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Lord Charles Henry Somerset, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1815-1821.
Sir George Cockburn, Admiral: Letters to, from Governors of the Cape of Good Hope: 1815-1821.
Cape of Good Hope: Letters of the Governors to Adm. Sir G. Cockburn and Sir H. Lowe: 1815-1821.
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:
- f. 7 Cape of Good Hope: List of arrivals and departures at: 1816-1817.
- f. 25 William Wilberforce Bird, of the E India Co.'s service: Letters to Col. Bird: 1818.
- ff. 40-51 General Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, KCB; MP: Correspondence with Sir H. Lowe: 1819-1821.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002090488
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002090488
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1815
- End Date:
- 1821
- Date Range:
- 1815-1821
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bird, William Wilberforce, administrator in India, fl 1803-1857
Cockburn, George, 8th Baronet, naval officer, 1772-1853
Donkin, Rufane Shaw, Knight, army officer and politician, 1773-1841
Lowe, Hudson, army officer and colonial governor; KCB; GCMG; Governor of St Helena, 1769-1844
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Somerset, Charles Henry, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope - Places:
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean