Order-book of an officer in the Duke of Ormonde's force, in camp successively at Lewarde, Marchiennes, Solesmes, and Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 20 May-16 June 1712, giving the password and counter-sign, officers on duty, guards, and various orders for each day.
Item
Identifier: MS.3020
Scope and Contents
A wager between Colonel Samuel Shute (afterwards Governor of Massachusetts) and another officer as to the date of the cessation of hostilities is recorded and signed by both parties on folios 23-23 verso.
Dates
- Creation: 1712.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
64 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
64 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1942, by R S Lindsay, Writer to the Signet.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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National Library of Scotland
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk