Correspondence between Sir George Nugent and Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth
Letters from Nugent, whilst Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Jamaica, with a few copies of replies from Duckworth.
Dates
- Creation: 1801-1805
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.W.Ind.s.11].
Shelfmark:
MSS.W.Ind.s.11
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 3505
Biographical / Historical
Sir George Nugent [formerly Fennings] (1757-1849), army officer. Served as Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Jamaica (1801-1806).
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817), naval officer. He assumed the chief command at Jamaica and was later appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland (1810-1812).
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 606 in Manuscript Collections (excluding Africana) in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, compiled by Louis B. Frewer (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1970).
Listed in Private Papers of British Colonial Governors, 1782-1900, by The Historical Manuscripts Commission (1986).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased.
- Title
- Correspondence between Sir George Nugent and Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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