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WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS. Vol. XXI (ff. 207). Letters, etc., of Lt.-Gen. Sir William Parker Carrol; 1808-1809. Partly signed.

Lieutenant-General Sir William Parker Carrol, KCH: Letters to Sir J. W. Gordon: 1808, 1809: Partly signed and copy.

Francis Dighton, of Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse-Guards: Memoranda to,: 1804-1809.

includes:

ff. 6-10b Army of Spain: Memorandum rel. to army of Galicia, etc.,: 1808.
ff. 9b-10 Maps and Plans: Sketch map, etc., of positions of Gen. J. Blake's army: 1808.
ff. 11-16b, 28 Joachim Blake, Spanish general: Correspondence with Duc d'Istrie: 1808: Fr., Span., and transl: Partly copies.
ff. 11-16b, 28 Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Duc d'Istrie; Marshal of France: Correspondence with Gen. J. Blake: 1808: Fr., Span., and transl: Copies.
f. 27 City of Saragossa: Gazette de Madrid: 18 May 1808: Span: Extract.
f. 29 Emblems: Sketch of patriotic Spanish cockade: 1808.
f. 29 Ferdinand VII of Spain: Sketch of patriotic Spanish cockade: 1808.
f. 32 Joachim Blake, Spanish general: Letter to: 1808.
f. 32 Pedro de Lexavaguya, commissioner of Junta of Biscay: Letter to Gen. J. Blake: 1808: Span.: Copy.
ff. 36-38b Biscay, Spain: Proclamation by Junta: 1808: Span. and transl: Partly copy.
f. 45 City of Saragossa: Gaceta de Zaragoza: 16 Aug. 1808: Span: Printed extract.
ff. 47-48b Newspapers Spain: `Diario de la Coruña': 19 Aug. 1808.
ff. 56-57, 76 Joachim Blake, Spanish general: Correspondence with Sir W. P. Carrol: 1808: Span. and transl.
ff. 78-79b Ferdinand VII of Spain: Proclamation by Court of San Román: 1808: Span: Printed.
ff. 105, 107b, 115-115b General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Intelligence reports rel. to force in Santandér: 1808, 1809.
ff. 106b, 116, 147 Army of Spain: Strengths of Asturian troops: 1809-1809.
ff. 111-112b Joaquin Poccada Jove-Llanos, Governor of Llanes: Letter, etc., to Sir W. P. Carrol: 1808: Span.
f. 112 José Cienfuegos Jove-Llanos: Letter to Supreme Junta: 1808: Span.: Copy.
ff. 119-119b, 138, 138b Comte Jean Pierre François Bonet,; French general: Correspondence with Gen. F. Ballesteros: 1808: Span. and Fr: Copies.
ff. 119-119b, 138-138b Francisco Ballesteros, Spanish general: Correspondence with Comte J. P. F. Bonet: 1808: Span. and Fr: Copies.
ff. 124-125b Newspapers Spain: `Gazeta Extraordinaria de Oviedo': 30 Jan. 1809.
ff. 126, 130. 134 Oviedo, Asturias: Correspondence betw. Junta of, and Sir W. P. Carrol: 1809: Span. and trans: Partly extract.
f. 148 Asturias, Spain: Letter to Junta: 1809: Transl.
f. 151 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh; 2nd Marquess of Londonderry: Letters, etc., to,: 1807-1809.
ff. 153 Robert Lukins, of the War Office: Note by: 1809.
ff. 155-158b, 165-166b Newspapers Spain: `Gazeta de Oviedo',: 10, 13 Aug. 1808.
ff. 159, 177, 199 Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marqués de la Romana; Spanish general: Correspondence with Sir W. P. Carrol: 1809: Transl.
f. 161 Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marqués de la Romana; Spanish general: Letters to (?): 1809: Fr. and Span.
f. 161 Gabriel de Mendirabat: Letter to Marqués de La Romana: 1909: Span.
f. 167 Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marqués de la Romana; Spanish general: Letter to G. Canning: 1809: Fr.: Copy.
f. 167 George Canning, Prime Minister: Letters to,: 1807-1809.
f. 169 Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon I: Letter to Napoleon I: 1809: Fr: Copy.
f. 169 Napoleon I of France: Letter to,: 1809.
f. 173 Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen; Prince de la Moskowa; Marshal of France: Letter to Marshal Soult: 1809: Fr: Copy.
f. 173 Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie; Marshal of France: Letter to: 1809.
ff. 185, 192 Army; England: Returns during Napoleonic and Peninsular wars: 1806-1813: Partly printed, with MS additions.
ff. 190-192 Lieutenant-General Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 7th Baronet Secretary at War: Letter, etc., to,: 1809.

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040-002016261

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Add MS 49471-49517 : WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS 49471-49517. Correspondence and papers of General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Bart. (b. 1773,…

Add MS 49491 : WILLOUGHBY GORDON PAPERS. Vol. XXI (ff. 207). Letters, etc., of Lt.-Gen. Sir William Parker Carrol; 1808-1809. Partly signed.…

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English
French
Spanish

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Latin

Start Date:

1808

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1809

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1808-1809

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Names:

Army of England
Army of Spain
Ballesteros, Francisco, Spanish army officer, 1770-1832
Beauharnais, Eugène de, stepson of Napoleon I
Bessières, Jean-Baptiste, Duc d'Istrie, Marshal of France
Blake, Joachim, Spanish general
Bonet, Jean Pierre François, Comte French general
Bourbon, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833
Canning, George, Prime Minister, 1770-1827
Caro y Sureda, Pedro, Marqués de la Romana, Spanish general
Carrol, William Parker, Knight, army officer, 1776-1842
Dighton, Francis, clerk and secretary to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, 1804-1821
French Army, 1445-
Jove-Llanos, Joaquin Poccada, Governor of Llanes
Jove-Llanos, José Cienfuegos
Lexavaguya, Pedro de, commissioner of Junta of Biscay
Lukins, Robert, of the War Office
Mendirabat, Gabriel de
Murray-Pulteney, James, 7th Baronet, Lieutenant-General Sec at War
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Ney, Michel, Duc d'Elchingen, Prince de la Moskowa, Marshal of France
Soult, Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu, 1st Duke of Dalmatia, Marshal General of France, 1769-1851
Stewart, Robert, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, 1769-1822

Places:

Asturias, Spain
Biscay, Spain
Oviedo, Asturias
Saragossa, Spain