Manuscripts
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, order to James Furnis to deliver firelocks to Thomas Gage, contemporary copy
- 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.
- Date
- 1757 December 23
- Call number
- LO 5072
- 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.
