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Add MS 49489
- Record Id:
- 040-002016259
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x00007c
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- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 49489
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WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS. Vol. XIX (ff. 172). Letters, etc., of Gen. Sir Brent Spencer; 1808.
Ferdinand VII of Spain: Correspondence, etc., rel. to Spanish rising: 1808-1810: Partly printed.
General Sir Brent Spencer, GCB: Letters, etc;. to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808: Mostly signed.
Francis Dighton, of Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse-Guards: Memoranda to,: 1804-1809.
includes:
- ff. 7-9, 133-135b, 146-148b General Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Governor of Gibraltar: Correspondence, etc., with Sir B. Spencer: 1808: Mostly copies and signed.
- ff. 7-9b, 133-135b, 146-148b General Sir Brent Spencer, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with Sir H. W. Dalrymple: 1808: Mostly copies and signed.
- ff. 19b-20b, 116 Army; England: Returns during Napoleonic and Peninsular wars: 1806-1813: Partly printed, with MS additions.
- ff. 48-49b, 54-55b Treaties: Articles of agreement betwn. Spanish Supreme Council and Great Britain, with British reply: 1808: Copies.
- f. 101 Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 5th Baronet: Letter to Rear-Adm. J. C. Purvis: 1808: Copy.
- f. 112 Francisco Xavier de Castaños, Spanish Captain-General: Correspondence with Sir B. Spencer: 1808: Span.: Copy and transl.
- ff. 112 General Sir Brent Spencer, GCB: Correspondence with Gen. Xavier de Castaños: 1808: Span. and transl: Partly copy.
- ff. 114-[116?] City of Seville, Andalucia: Letter, [etc.?,] to Junta: 1808.
- ff. 119-119b, 122 General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Intelligence rel. to strengths of troops in Portugal: 1808.
- ff. 134, 137, 139, 147. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Smith, 82nd Foot; ADC to George III: Letter to Sir B. Spencer: 1808: Copies.
- ff. 137b-138b, 140-145, 149-153b Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron Collingwood: Correspondence with Sir B. Spencer: 1808: Copies.
- ff. 158, 162 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: Letter, etc., to: 1808.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016236
040-002016259 - Is part of:
- Add MS 49471-49517 : WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS 49471-49517. Correspondence and papers of General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Bart. (b. 1773,…
Add MS 49489 : WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS. Vol. XIX (ff. 172). Letters, etc., of Gen. Sir Brent Spencer; 1808. Ferdinand VII of Spain:… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016236[0014]/040-002016259
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 49471-49517
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Army of England
Bourbon, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833
Castaños, Francisco Xavier de, Spanish Captain-General
Collingwood, Cuthbert, 1st Baron Collingwood, naval officer, 1748-1810
Cotton, Charles, 5th Baronet, Admiral
Dalrymple, Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, army officer and governor of Gibraltar, 1750-1830
Dighton, Francis, clerk and secretary to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, 1804-1821
French Army, 1445-
Smith, George, Lieutenant-Colonel 82nd Foot, ADC to George III
Spencer, Brent, General GCB
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, army officer and statesman, 1769-1852 - Places:
- Seville, Andalusia