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3rd and 4th Earls of Loudoun papers
Series 2. North American papers
Subseries 2a. Correspondence and papers
Fred Porter letter to Adjutant General Colonel John Forbes

Manuscripts

Fred Porter letter to Adjutant General Colonel John Forbes

Description: The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1757 December 24
Call number: LO 5079
Provenance: Purchased from the Campbell family through the agency of Sotheby's and Sir Joseph Duveen, 1923.; Portion of the Scottish papers purchased with the Hastings family papers (mssHA) from Edith Maud Abney-Hastings, Countess of Loudoun, through the agency of Maggs Bros., 1927.

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Addendum purchased from Myers & Co. Booksellers Ltd, 1944.

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IN PROCESS COLLECTION.

RESTRICTED. Tartan swatch enclosed in James Seton letter to John Campbell, 1746 August 28 (LO 12589). Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.

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Loudoun, Hugh Campbell, (-1731,)

Loudoun, John Campbell, (1705-1782,)

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