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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: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Diaries and notebooks of Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick L Maitland.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.353
Scope and Contents This collection includes the fair copy (not autograph) of Maitland’s ‘Narrative of the Principal Occurrences on board HMS Bellerophon’, and journals of his naval service in South America, 1819-20, the Mediterranean 1820-1, and 1828-30, and India, 1837-9. It also includes a number of printed books relating to Napoleon, particularly to the time he spent on St Helena. Some of these were written by Barry O’Meara and dedicated by him to Maitland with whom he had served as surgeon...
Dates: 1815, 1819-1820, 1828-1839.

Diaries, logs, official correspondence and other papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A C Gordon, MC, RA, mostly relating to the 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8969/1-78
Scope and Contents

The papers mostly concern Gordon`s command of the 11th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery and include Battery log books, copies of Battery correspondence, a history of the Battery, photograph album, training materials, notes and engagement diaries.

Dates: 1896-1977.

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