Returns. Military reports.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of letters and reports from Captain John Barlow and other officers commanding detachments of the Buffs in the Western Isles and the Laggan and Loch Rannoch areas.
Captain Barlow reports on his searches for arms and Catholic priests in the islands, and on shipping in the area. He also comments on the topography and social conditions, and puts forward suggestions for a permanent garrison, the building of schools and customs houses, etc. Reports from the mainland are chiefly concerned with cattle thieving and the power of the chiefs. The inverted folios contain tables of military posts in the Highlands and Scotland generally.
Microfilm of chiefly dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn on operations against Washington, and papers concerning the destruction of shipping off the American coast.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
Microfilm of letter books, registers and orders and memoranda, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station.
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane from the time of his service at the East India Station.
Microfilm of return, on a printed form, showing the number and disposition of ships under the command of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane.
Miscellaneous papers, relating chiefly to lands and families of Angus, several accompanied by modern transcripts.
Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.
The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards;
detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.
The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.
Photostat of the Order Book of the Stewart of Appin Clan Regiment, from 11 October 1745 to 18 January 1746, containing the orders for the whole of Prince Charles Edward's army during that period.
The orders are followed by a list of killed and wounded of the Regiment, accounts for pay, November 1745, and a return of the strength of the companies.