Manuscripts

Lock of hair from the mane of Copenhagen, the horse Wellington rode at the Battle of Waterloo

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [undated]
Call number: [no call number]
Creator: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby, before 1924.

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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[Statement regarding the request of Candido Barilio Marinbo Falcao de Vitoria for promotion]

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HM 21155 (A + B)

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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

HM 21152

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Hamilton, [Sir] John, [1st Bart]. [Report of an inspection and] returns [of two battalions] of the Loyal Lusitanian Legion

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HM 21156 (1 + 2)

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(HM 21095-21158)

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mssHM 21095-21158

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Wellington-Beresford collection

Manuscripts

The collection covers the training and equipping of Portuguese troops during the Peninsular War; acquisition of supplies; troop movements during the war; and routine administrative matters. It is primarily dispatches from Wellington to Beresford giving instructions; map of a "Plan of Attack Upon the French on the Heights of Rolica," and a lock of hair taken from the mane of the Duke of Wellington's horse. There are 12 items written by Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.

mssHM 21095-21158

Lock of hair from the mane of Copenhagen, the horse Wellington rode at the Battle of Waterloo

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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

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