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Returns. Military reports.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Official reports or statements submitted by military officers to their superiors, especially those accounting for personnel, property, or supplies.

Found in 81 Collections and/or Records:

Accounts, shipping-returns, and correspondence concerning the Martinique expedition under the command of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1809-1815.

 File
Identifier: MS.2317
Dates: 1809-1815.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.

Administrative and personal papers of James Stuart., 1781-1783.

 File
Identifier: MS.8430
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of:

(i) Returns and inventories of stores and provisions, 1781-1783, undated. (folio 1);

(ii) James Stuart's household accounts, etc., 1781-1783 (folio 25);

(iii) Miscellaneous receipts and invoices, 1782-1783 (folio 64).

Dates: 1781-1783.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart. / Administrative papers of James Stuart.

Bound volumes of official military returns, orders and correspondence concerning the War of the Austrian Succession., 1746-1748.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25699-25703
Dates: 1746-1748.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning General the Honourable James St Clair of Sinclair and Balblair (1688-1762). / Military papers of and concerning General James St Clair.

Box containing papers of Eric Reeve concerning his early years & WWII war experience, 1933-1945

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14390 Box 6 (1-3)
Dates: 1933-1945
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Further professional and personal papers of Edith Simon and Dr Eric Reeve, including photographic and audiovisual materials.

Box containing papers of Eric Reeve concerning his war experience, entitled 'War Papers', 1941-1946, 1966

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14390 Box 7 (1-4)
Dates: Majority of material found within 1941-1946, 1966
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Further professional and personal papers of Edith Simon and Dr Eric Reeve, including photographic and audiovisual materials.

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.

 File
Identifier: MS.10691
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1753-1754.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire., 1776-1900, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13366-13394
Dates: 1776-1900, undated.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.

Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto concerning various military expeditions., 1810-1811.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11683-11685
Dates: 1810-1811.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India. / Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape. / Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.

Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively., 1804-1819.

 File
Identifier: MS.13367
Dates: 1804-1819.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs. / Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire. / Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively.

Correspondence and papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale., ?1809-1876.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7100-7101
Dates: ?1809-1876.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House. / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.

Correspondence and papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale., ?1809-1813.

 File
Identifier: MS.7100
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and military returns connected with the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale's service in the Peninsular War, 1811-1813.

Dates: ?1809-1813.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House. / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale. / Correspondence and papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.

Correspondence and papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1814-1876.

 File
Identifier: MS.7101
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and military returns connected with the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale's service in Canada, 1814-1815; letters from the Marchioness of Tweeddale to her daughter, written during the Marquess' period of office as Governor of Madras, 1842-1847; and letters from the Marquess' brother and his son, both admirals.

Dates: 1814-1876.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House. / Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale. / Correspondence and papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale.

Dispatches of Rear-Admiral Edward Griffith, operating on the coast of Maine., 1814-1815.

 File
Identifier: MS.2335
Dates: 1814-1815.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.

Dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn on operations against Washington, and other papers., February 1814-June 1814.

 File
Identifier: MS.2333
Dates: February 1814-June 1814.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station. / Dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn on operations against Washington, and other papers.

Dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn on operations against Washington, and other papers., July 1814-March 1815.

 File
Identifier: MS.2334
Dates: July 1814-March 1815.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station. / Dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn on operations against Washington, and other papers.

Dispatches of Rear-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, operating off New Orleans, and other papers., 1814-1815

 File
Identifier: MS.2336
Dates: 1814-1815
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.

Folders of official Battery documents and correspondence., 1896-1945.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.8969/21-26
Dates: 1896-1945.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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.

General schedule of returns of prisoners of the 'Forty-five from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dumfries, Dundee, and Dunfermline., 1746.

 Item
Identifier: MS.289
Dates: 1746.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc. / Material concerning the prisoners of the 'Forty-five.

Instructions for hospitals, lists of personnel, various returns, and other miscellaneous papers from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station., 1842-1847.

 File
Identifier: MS.2386
Dates: 1842-1847.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station.

Journals, letters, letter-books and other papers relating to service of Sir William Stewart in the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula., 1795-1814.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9074/25-54
Dates: 1795-1814.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / 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. / Papers relating to military service and commands of Sir William Stewart in Britain, Europe and the Caribbean.

Letter book containing: at the front, copies of letters written whilst on active service in the Peninsular War by Lieutenant (later, Captain) Thomas Brown, 79th Foot as acting quartermaster, to various other officers of the regiment and to some traders in the Peninsula; and, at the back, copies of clothing and other returns., 1812-1814.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15340
Dates: 1812-1814.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Letter book of the 79th Foot in the Peninsular War, and standing orders of one of the Highland regiments.

Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1809.

 File
Identifier: MS.2315
Dates: 1809.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands. / Letters and papers concerning the reduction of the Danish islands and Cayenne, accounts of naval actions against the French, decisions of the prize-courts, and other papers, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.

Letters, reports, military returns, and other papers concerning the Martinique expedition under the command of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1808-1809.

 File
Identifier: MS.2316
Dates: 1808-1809.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath. / Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands.

Material concerning the prisoners of the 'Forty-five., 1745-1747.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.287-289
Dates: 1745-1747.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts / Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.

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.

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1823-1825
Dates: 1813-1815.
Found in: Archives and Manuscripts

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