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'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, book II: 'Toulon', containing chapters 3-5, with a map., June-December 1793.

 Item
Identifier: MS.1837

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

The text begins after the siege of Gibraltar (of which there is much discussion), and describes the writer's experiences at Gibraltar, 1787-1789 and later, in France (especially Toulon), 1791, in Elba and Corsica, 1793-1796, and at Naples, 1797, with intervals in England, to the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797.

Colonel Drinkwater apparently intended to publish at least the earlier part of these as a sequel to his ‘History of the late Siege of Gibraltar’ (London, 1785) (see MS.1842, folio 3).

Dates

  • Creation: June-December 1793.

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Extent

291 Leaves

Language of Materials

From the Series: Undetermined

Arrangement

viii + 283 folios.

Repository Details

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