Robert Saunders Dundas papers
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Descriptive Summary
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.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Saunders Dundas papers, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
The collection was purchased from Maggs Bros. of London, 1923.
Biography
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.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically. It is housed in one box.
Scope and Content
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.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Cochrane, Alexander
Forrester Inglis, Sir, 1758-1832
Melville, Robert
Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851 -- Archives
Corporate Names
Great Britain. Admiralty
-- Archives
Subjects
Admirals -- Great Britain --
Correspondence
Geographic Areas
Great Britain -- History
-- 19th century -- Sources
Great Britain --
History, Naval -- 19th century -- Sources
United States -- History
-- War of 1812 -- Sources
Genre
Letters (correspondence) -- Great
Britain -- 19th century
Official reports -- Great Britain --
19th century
Box 1
Robert Saunders Dundas collection
1783-1807
HM 81125
Williams, Jonathan. Letter to William Franklin
(1812, Apr. 22)
HM 81126
Cochrane, Alexander Forrester Inglis, Sir, 1758-1832 [Thoughts on
American War]
[1812, Apr. 27]
HM 81127
Cochrane, Alexander Forrester Inglis, Sir, 1758-1832. Letter to
Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Vicount Melville
(1812. Apr. 27)
Government House, Guadaloupe
HM 81128
Schank, John. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1812. June 8)
HM 81129
Schank, John. Letter to Sir George Prevost
[1812, July 25]
HM 81130
Schank, John. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1812, July 25)
HM 81131
Chalmers, George. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1812, Aug. 3)
HM 81132
Franklin, William. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1812, Aug. 22)
HM 81133
Manderson, James. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1812, Aug. 25)
HM 81134
Manderson, James. Observations on War with America
(1812, August)
HM 81135
Unknown author. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1812, Sep. 15)
HM 81136
Shaw, Sir James. Memorandum: American War
(1812, Dec. 25)
HM 81137
Unknown author. Memorandum [on the American Navy]
(1812, Dec. 28)
HM 81138
Unknown author. Memoranda respecting American Ships
(1812, Dec. 30)
HM 81139
Great Britain. Admiralty. Memorandum of Force on American
Stations, [1810-1812]
[1812, Dec. ]
HM 81140
Unknown author. Memorandum: "...Our 38 Gun Frigates are not a
match for the American large Frigates..."
(1813, Jan. 1)
HM 81141
Unknown author. Memorandum [for changes in the building and
manning of British Frigates]
(1813, Jan. 5)
HM 81142
Stanhope, Sir Henry Edwyn, Bart. Letter to Robert Saunders
Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
(1813, Jan. 5)
HM 81143
Unknown author. Memorandum [recommending the building of British
Frigates "to be a match for the Americans"]
(1813, Jan. 11)
HM 81144
Gray, Charles. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1813, Jan. 11)
HM 81145
Unknown author. Memorandum [recommending the building of 1400 Ton
Frigates]
(1813, Jan. 13)
HM 81146
Schank, John. Letter To Robert Saunders Dudnas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1813, Feb. 16)
HM 81147
Unknown author. Memorandum, [pointing out the difference in
tonnage and manpower, between the British & American Frigates]
(1813, Feb. 24)
HM 81148
Unknown author. Memorandum [for the use which can be made of
large frigates]
(1813, Feb. 28)
HM 81149
Unknown author. Memorandum of men raised for the Fleet at
breaking out of the American War]
[1813, Feb.]
HM 81150
H.H. To the Editor of the Courier: On the Naval War with America
(1813, Mar. 29)
HM 81151
Lyne, Charles. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1813, Apr. 5)
HM 81152
Tunno, John. [Memorandum] The American Blockade should
extend…from Rhode Island to the Rover St. Mary
[1813, Apr. 13]
HM 81153
Tunno, John. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1813, Apr. 13)
HM 81154
[Great Britain. Admiralty]. A comparative statement of the force
of His Majesty's Squadron and that of the Enemy employed on Lake
Ontario,…Lake Erie, &…Lake Champlain
(1813, July 24)
HM 81155
S, E. B. V. Letter to [Sir John Pos Beresford]
(1813, Nov. 6)
HM 81156
Beresford, Sir John Pos. [Remarks on the Growth of the United
States, since the American Revolution]
[1813, Dec. ]
HM 81157
Unknown author. To Lord Henry Paulet: minutes for employt of
officers on Lake Service
(1814, Feb. 19)
HM 81158
Dundas, Robert Saunders, 2nd Viscount Melville. Memorandum of
what has passed at the Admiralty with respect to the Naval force on the
Lakes of Canada
(1814, Feb. 19)
HM 81159
Owen, Sir Edward Campbell Rich. Letter to [Robert Saunders Dundas
2nd.] Viscount Melville
(1814, Dec. 8)
HM 81160
Milne, Sir David. ["Remarks on that part of the American Station
I have just left"]
[1814, Dec. 12]
HM 81161
Milne, Sir David. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1814, Dec. 12)
HM 81162
O'Conor, Richard. Comparative Statement of the Squadrons on Lake
Ontario
(1814, Dec. 19)
HM 81163
O'Conor, Richard. Statement of the Naval Force on Lake Ontario
[1814, ?Dec. 19]
HM 81164
O'Conor, Richard. Letter to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
Melville
(1814, Dec. 19)
HM 81165
Colpays (formerly Griffith), Sir Edward. Memorandum respecting
the Island of Campo Bello - otherwise called Passamaquoddy outer Island
[1814]
HM 81166
Unknown author. Sketch of Passamaquoddy Bay etc.
[1814?]
