Manuscripts
Wellington-Beresford collection
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(HM 21095-21158)
Manuscripts
The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Wellesley to Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions. There are 12 items by the Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Also includes map of a "Plan of attack up on the French on the Heights of Rolica." Subjects matter: the training and equipping of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War; acquisition of supplies; troop movements during the war; routine administrative matters.
mssHM 21095-21158
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Plan of the Attack upon the French on the Heights of Rolica, by the Army under the Command of Lt. Genl. the Marquis of Wellington, then Sir Arthur Wellesley, K.B. 17th Aug. 1808
Manuscripts
The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Wellesley to Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions. There are 12 items by the Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Also includes map of a "Plan of attack up on the French on the Heights of Rolica." Subjects matter: the training and equipping of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War; acquisition of supplies; troop movements during the war; routine administrative matters.
HM 21158
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Lock of hair from the mane of Copenhagen, the horse Wellington rode at the Battle of Waterloo
Manuscripts
The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Wellesley to Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions. There are 12 items by the Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Also includes map of a "Plan of attack up on the French on the Heights of Rolica." Subjects matter: the training and equipping of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War; acquisition of supplies; troop movements during the war; routine administrative matters.
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Hamilton, [Sir John 1st Bart.]. Extract of a letter…to Marshal Beresford on his Inspection of the L[oyal L[usitanian] Legion
Manuscripts
The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Wellesley to Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions. There are 12 items by the Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Also includes map of a "Plan of attack up on the French on the Heights of Rolica." Subjects matter: the training and equipping of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War; acquisition of supplies; troop movements during the war; routine administrative matters.
HM 21152
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[Statement regarding the request of Candido Barilio Marinbo Falcao de Vitoria for promotion]
Manuscripts
The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Wellesley to Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions. There are 12 items by the Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Also includes map of a "Plan of attack up on the French on the Heights of Rolica." Subjects matter: the training and equipping of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War; acquisition of supplies; troop movements during the war; routine administrative matters.
HM 21155 (A + B)
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Hamilton, [Sir] John, [1st Bart]. [Report of an inspection and] returns [of two battalions] of the Loyal Lusitanian Legion
Manuscripts
The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Wellesley to Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions. There are 12 items by the Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Also includes map of a "Plan of attack up on the French on the Heights of Rolica." Subjects matter: the training and equipping of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War; acquisition of supplies; troop movements during the war; routine administrative matters.
HM 21156 (1 + 2)