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Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".

Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:

Papers concerning war and foreign affairs, 1794-1810, undated, with minutes of the proceedings of HMS 'Monmouth' and the Fleet commanded by Sir Edward Hawke in 1759-1760., 1794-1810, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1043
Scope and Contents

The papers concern naval and military operations, chiefly in Europe; negotiations with France, including arrangements for a Royalist rising in Vendée, undated (folio 133); intelligence; treatment of neutral ships; and other matters.

Dates: 1794-1810, undated.

Papers of and concerning Patrick MacLeod, the 3rd son of Donald, 3rd of Geanies., 1793-1807.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19302-19304
Scope and Contents

Patrick MacLeod joined the army in 1790 as an Ensign in the 42nd Regiment. After attending the Brunswick Military Academy he became a captain in the newly formed 78th Highlanders in which he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before his death at El Hamet near Alexandria in 1807.

Dates: 1793-1807.

Papers of, and letters of, and to, Sir Charles Elliot., 1844-1873, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21229
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Extracts from the logbook, 1844, of H.M.S. Spartan (folio 1); (ii) Letter, 1845, of Admiral Sir Francis W Austen ordering Sir Charles Elliot to return to England (folio 7); (iii) Letters, 1864-1866, to Elliot concerning his command on the South American station and the war between Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (folio 9); (iv) Copy letters, 1864-1866, undated, of Elliot, extracted from a letter book, concerning his command on the South American station (folio...
Dates: 1844-1873, undated.