'Recollections, Military, Naval, & Political, in connection with the latter part of the eighteenth century' by Colonel John Drinkwater, book VI: "Elba, Porto, Ferajo, Naples, Gibraltar, Battle off St. Vincent's", containing chapters 17-18., October 1796-March 1797.
File
Identifier: MS.1841
Scope and Contents
Includes the printed ‘Narrative’ of the battle of Cape St Vincent, which Colonel Drinkwater published anonymously in 1797, followed by the manuscript on which he based the matter, on pages 77-97, in the second edition, 1840.
Dates
- Creation: October 1796-March 1797.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
183 Leaves
Language of Materials
From the Series: Undetermined
Arrangement
x + 173 folios.
Bibliography
Drinkwater, John. 'Narrative of the proceeding of the British fleet.....off Cape St Vincent's... (London, 1797, 1840).
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk