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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of Hugh Elliot, titled, 'Miscellaneous Foreign'., 1774-1781.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12986-12992
Scope and Contents

This correspondence covers most of Hugh Elliot's time at Berlin. He was not on good terms with the King, and preferred the court of Prince Henry at Rheinsberg; these letters reflect this preference.

Dates: 1774-1781.

Correspondence of Hugh Elliot with various military personnel., 1803-1807.

 File
Identifier: MS.13048
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is with General William Anne Villettes, military commandant of Malta, 1803-1807 (folio 1), with Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Layard, military resident in Messina, 1803-1805 (folio 150), and with Lieutenant Colonel George Smith, who was sent out from Britain to examine the military and naval defences of Sicily, 1805 (folio 182).

Dates: 1803-1807.

Correspondence of Hugh Seton of Touch, from leaving England in disgrace in 1786 to his death in 1795., 1786-1795.

 File
Identifier: MS.19207
Scope and Contents Using the pseudonym Christopher Roberts or Robarts, Hugh Seton of Touch travelled widely in the East and places visited include Alexandria, Cairo, Mocha, Massowa, Hodeida, Bombay, Poona and Seringapatam. The correspondence, mainly with his son Archibald in India, provides a detailed picture of Hugh Seton's bohemian life style, his imprisonment in Hodeida for assault and impersonating a doctor (folios 3-15), which led to his three hundred mile walk from Poona to Chittledroog to seek redress...
Dates: 1786-1795.