Journals, orders, letters and other papers of Lieutenant-General Hon Sir William Stewart relating to commands and service at home and abroad, and to the formation of the Rifle Brigade.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.9074/1-74

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Acc.9074/1-61 consist of 61 bound volumes entitled 'The Cumloden Papers'.

Dates

Creation: 1713-1909.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

74 Consultation units

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

The manuscripts were bound up into 64 volumes, apparently in the early 20th century, by Horatio Granville Murray Stewart, whose bookplate is pasted inside the front cover of each volume. The published volume of the 'Cumloden Papers' (Edinburgh, 1871) [Acc.9074/73], also contains printed letters from Nelson and Wellington. The volumes containing the originals of these letters were removed and sold at Christie’s, 16 October 1985, where they were lots 44-56 (Nelson) and 65 (Wellington). Another volume, containing Stewart’s journal of the Baltic Expedition and the Battle of Copenhagen 1801, which was also printed in the 'Cumloden Papers', was removed at the same time.