Peninsular War (1807-1814)
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
David Latimer Tinling-Widdrington journal
Collection
Identifier: MS 0139
Abstract:
The journal primarily recounts the army career of David Latimer Tinling-Widdrington’s son, George Widdrington, from 1796 until his death in 1813 at the Battle of Vittoria, the decisive battle of the Peninsular War. The journal contains numerous descriptions of battles, many taken from copies of letters sent by George to his family. Also included are copies of other letters, including several by Joseph Cook, a relative by marriage. The journal contains a great deal of genealogical information...
Dates:
1796 - 1813
Peninsular War letters
Collection
Identifier: MS 0155
Abstract:
A collection of letters written by British officers serving in Portugal during the Peninsular War referring to matters concerning the war.
Dates:
1808 - 1814
Sir George Cranfield Berkeley papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0011
Abstract:
The Berkeley collection consists of letters and British naval orders spanning the years 1808 to 1813. All of the letters in this collection concern the naval operations under Sir George Cranfield Berkeley 's command. They include naval appointments, administrative orders, dismissals, discharges, conscription of U.S. seamen, and coordination of supply ships with the British Army. The letters in the collection were written primarily by men associated with the British Admiralty, the British...
Dates:
1808 - 1813; Majority of material found within 1809 - 1811