MS 351 Small collections of nineteenth-century papers

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MS 351/1  Letter from Henry Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, enclosing a draft donations for ten and five pounds, 7 August 1865

Former references:

A2076

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1 folder

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MS 351/2  Certificate, in French, of Thierry Ponbcelet, foot soldier in the Imperial army, stating that he suffered the loss of his right eye during the military campaigns in Spain, 1810-11

Former references:

A2077

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1 folder

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MS 351/3  Twelve letters and one postcard from Prince Louis of Battenberg, to Baroness Malortie, 1869-c.1918, together with a photograph of Prince Louis

Former references:

A3053

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1 folder

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MS 351/4  Private letters from Constantine Henry Phipps, first Marquis of Normanby, British ambassador to Paris, to Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, written in the wake of the revolutions in Europe, Jul-Aug 1848, and concerning mediation in the affairs of Italy.

This material fills a gap in the sequence MS 62 Broadlands Archives PP/GC/NO/92-243 of Lord Normanby’s correspondence with Palmerston.

Former references:

A3058

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1 folder

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MS 351/5  Two items relating to Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington: a paper setting out questions put to Wellington with regard to the allied forces “in May 1814 at Toulouse to which the Duke could make no reply”; and a letter from the Duke of Buccleuch sending apologies for a meeting of the committee of the Wellington military memorial, 28 May 1838

Former references:

A4100

Size:

1 folder

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MS 351/6  Correspondence, prints and drawings, maps relating to the Duke of Wellington, military and political subjects:

(1) autograph letter from Arthur Wellesley, first Marquis of Wellington, to Major Dickson, dated 23 Jan 1812: published as 23 Feb 1812 in The Dickson Manuscripts, (Royal Artillery Institution Printing House 1905-8) vol. 4, pp. 597-8;

(2) Atkinson, J.A. Incidents of British bravery during the late campaigns on the continent, graphically illustrated in a series of drawings on stone (R.Ackermann, London, 1817);

(3) “Map of the battle of Waterloo, taken on the spot after the action of the 18th June 1815": published by R.Ackermann, London, 1 August 1815;

(4-8) prints relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1816, 1875;

(9-16) military prints, c.1810-16, including “The Duke of Wellington” [mounted on horseback]: published by Richard Evans, London, 1816;

(17-26) Regency prints, 1804-14, relating to places in London and to fashion;

(27) Nine engravings by George Cruikshank, published by John Fairburn, London, 1821-2, probably from David Carey Life in Paris:

(i) “Dick and his companions smashing the glim; or, a spree by lamp-light”, 15 Dec 1821;

(ii) “Dick, the captain and Squire Jenkins, dining at Verys, in the Palais Royal”, 1 Jan 1822;

(iii) “Dick Wildfire introduced by Captain O’Shuffleton to a Rouge et Noir Table, in the Palais Royal”, 1 Mar 1822;

(iv) “Dick and Squire Jenkins enjoying the sports at les Combats des Animaux; or, The Parisian Duck Lane”, 15 Mar 1822;

(v) “Dick Wildfire and Jenkins enjoying a frolic in the Café d’Enfers, or Infernal Cellar”, 1 Apr 1822;

(vi) “Dick Wildfire and Jenkins in a theatrical pandemonium, or, The Café de la Paix in all its glory”, 15 May 1822;

(vii) “Entre to the Opera; or Dick Wildfire and his friends going to see ‘Life’ among the Figurantes”, 15 Jul 1822;

(viii) “‘Life’ behind the curtain at the Grand Opera; or, Dick and the Squire lashing it with the Figurantes”, 1 Aug 1822;

(ix) “Morning of the Fete of St Louis, or Dick and Jenkins, enjoying ‘life’ in the Elysian fields”, 1 Sep 1822;

(28) Scrimshaw nautilus shell, engraved by C.H.Wood, depicting the Duke of Wellington on one side and St George slaying a dragon on the other, c.1851

Former references:

A4170

Size:

2 boxes

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MS 351/7  Commissariat papers of Henry Whitmarsh, 1812

Former references:

A4237

Size:

1 folder

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MS 351/8   Passport of Charles Lewis, 5-14 October 1853, 31 July -14 September 1857

Former references:

A4238

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1 folder

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MS 351/9  letter and notes written by Brigadier General Denis Pack respecting the battle of Almeida, Portugal, May 1811

Former references:

A4242

Size:

1 folder