Other papers of Colonel Baker, 1809-1849
File
Dep. c. 270
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises
(folder 1) papers relating to his military appointments, 1809, 1826-1828, 1836, 1848, including:
- (fols. 3, 14, 18) letters to Baker from Sir Howard Douglas, 1826, William, 3rd Earl Harcourt, 1827, and Sir John Byng, 1828
- (fol. 16) copy of a letter from Harcourt to Sir Willoughby Gordon, 1827
- (fols. 7, 20) copies of a 'memorial' from Baker to the Duke of Wellington, 1827, and of a letter from him to Lord Palmerston, 1836
- (fol. 24) Baker's appointment as a cornet, 1809
- 24 leaves
(folder 2) topographical and historical notes on Greece including
- (fol. 1) notebook entitled 'notes on Greece in 1829' by Edward Lewis
- (fol. 25) notes on members of the Greek Government in the same hand, said (fol. 33v) to have been compiled by - Ley and communicated to 'J. Alcock, M. P.,' [recte Thomas Alcock] when he was in Greece in 1829
- (fol. 35) 'Notices of devastations on the Greek frontier, 1832', in French
- (fol. 68) lists of British Squadrons in the Mediterranean, Oct. 1830 and 1831
- (fol. 70) valuation of the fisheries in the Gulf of Arta, 1833, in Italian
- (fol. 72) report of a journey of Nicola Zallacostas from Corfu to Zante, Modon and Calamata, and back again, in Italian, n.d.
- >72 leaves
(folder 3) miscellaneous papers
- (fol. 1) single sheet containing a journal of Baker's during a visit to Athens, July-Aug. 1835
- (fols. 2-3) copy of an agreement for a lease of 31 Grosvenor Place, Bath, to Baker, 1849
- (fol. 4) medical recipe headed 'Mr. Legg', n.d.
- 4 leaves
Dates
- Creation: 1809-1849
Extent
100 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
Dep. c. 270
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk