Manuscripts

Correspondence, Manuscripts and Documents (1772-1794)

Description: The collection contains letters, manuscripts and documents sent mostly to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War, First Lord of the Admiralty) and some to his son Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (President of the Board of Control for India, First Lord of the Admiralty). The collection principally focuses on British possessions in India, the East Indies and the West Indies; relations with the United States; and hostilities, negotiations, and political maneuvers with other European powers, especially with France and Russia.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1772-1814.
Call number: mssDUN
Creator: Dundas, Henry (1742-1811)(Opens in new tab)

Correspondence, Manuscripts and Documents (1799-1800)

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Correspondence, Manuscripts and Documents (1801-1814)

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Correspondence, Manuscripts and Documents (1795-1798)

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Ephemera: Ribbons, Notes and Maggs' Brown Paper Wrappers

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Henry Dundas papers

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The collection contains letters, manuscripts and documents sent mostly to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War, First Lord of the Admiralty) and some to his son Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (President of the Board of Control for India, First Lord of the Admiralty). The collection principally focuses on British possessions in India, the East Indies and the West Indies; relations with the United States; and hostilities, negotiations, and political maneuvers with other European powers, especially with France and Russia. The material also deals with the British navy admiralty, maritime history, East India Company, Atlantic World, slavery, and early North America. A significant amount of material deals with the War of 1812, Tipu Sultan, Fath 'Ali, Nawab of Mysore and the 3rd and 4th Mysore Wars. Additional significant correspondents include, among others, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis Cornwallis; Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany; Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone; Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley; and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. The box of Ephemera contains tape, ribbons and string removed from the material, autograph and printed notes about various items in the collection and Maggs' brown paper wrappers.

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Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of Hastings letters

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These letters were written to the Scottish advocate and Tory politician Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. The first four letters were written from London (to Henry Dundas) and deal with personal things as well as finding a position for a friend, etc. The last three letters were written from Calcutta (to Robert Dundas) and deal with the East India Company, Great Britain's interests in India, as well as British politicians in Calcutta. The other item is a list of pensions Hastings recommended to the "Lord Advocate."

mssHM 80771-80778

Correspondence, Manuscripts and Documents (1772-1794)

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