Peninsular War letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 0155

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters written by British officers serving in Portugal during the Peninsular War referring to matters concerning the war. Among the writers are Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Colonel Trant, Major R. M. Patrick, Major William Tulloh, and Major Williams. Recipients include Marshal William Carr Beresford, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arbuthnot, and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hardinge. Also included in the collection is a memorandum to the Minsistre de la guerre re. candidates and a Military chart (22 April 1808).

Dates

Creation: 1808 - 1814

Creator

Tulloh, William (Person)
Trant, Nicholas, Sir (Person)
Raglan, FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, Baron (Person)
Patrick, R. M. (Person)
Great Britain. Army (Organization)

Access Restriction

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at Woodson Research Center.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Peninsular War letters must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Historical Sketch

The Peninsular War took place in Spain and Portugal (1808-1814) during the Napoleonic Wars. When the French invaded Spain in 1808, an alliance formed between Spain, Portugal and Britain to expel the French Empire from the Iberian Peninsula.