Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Abstract:
- The collection consists mostly of dispatches from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford, a general under Wellesley, giving instructions.
- Extent:
- 67 items
- Language:
- The records are in English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, commanded the allied armies of Britain, Spain, and Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula from 1809 through 1813 against the forces of Napoleon. A key general under him was William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford (1768-1854), who from 1809 through 1810 concentrated on reorganizing the Portuguese Army.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from William K. Bixby, before 1924.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged chronologically. It is housed in one box.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191