Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates
- Creation: 1793-1846.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (211 volumes + 6 boxes + 10 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The collection was presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1910 by Miss M A G Murray Gartshore of Ravelston.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Papers in this collection are printed in ‘Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington’, edited by J Gurwood (London, 1837-1839), and ‘Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington’, edited by the 2nd Duke of Wellington (London, 1858-1872); ‘Memoir annexed to an Atlas containing the principal Battles ...’ by T L Mitchell (London, 1841); by Murray in volumes 56, 57, 61 (1836-1838) of the ‘Quarterly Review’; in ‘Quarter-Master General’s Department in the Peninsula 1809-1814’ by S G P Ward, in ‘Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research’, xxiii (1945), and ‘Wellington`s Headquarters’ (Oxford, 1957).
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 20 08 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk