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Title: Robert Saunders Dundas
papers
Dates: 1812-1814
Collection Number: mssHM
81125-81166
Creator OR Collector:
Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas,
Viscount, 1771-1851
Extent:
42 items in 1 box
Repository: The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts
Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Collection contains correspondence and
documents of Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount Melville (1771-1851), chiefly related to the War
of 1812.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with
the researcher.
[Identification of item], Robert Saunders Dundas papers, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
The collection was purchased from Maggs Bros. of London, 1923.
Robert Saunders Dundas, British statesman, entered politics as a Member of Parliament
in 1794, succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount Melville in 1811, and was appointed
First Lord of the Admiralty the following year. He occupied this post during the War
of 1812 and throughout the long Tory ministry of Lord Liverpool, returned briefly in
1828 under Wellington, and retired from active political life in 1830.
The collection is arranged chronologically. It is housed in one box.
The collection consists of correspondence and documents pertaining to the War of 1812
between Great Britain and the United States as reflected in Admiralty reports and
memoranda, particularly concerning: strategy and ship deployment of British Admirals
Cochrane, Schanck, and others on the American and West Indian stations; the
superiority of American over British frigates and attempts to remedy the situation;
a little information about the American navy and American military preparedness.
Cochrane, Alexander
Forrester Inglis, Sir, 1758-1832
Melville, Robert
Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851 -- Archives
Great Britain. Admiralty
-- Archives
Admirals -- Great Britain --
Correspondence
Great Britain -- History
-- 19th century -- Sources
Great Britain --
History, Naval -- 19th century -- Sources
United States -- History
-- War of 1812 -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- Great
Britain -- 19th century
Official reports -- Great Britain --
19th century