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Correspondence of Henry Dundas and Robert Saunders Dundas

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Letters, mainly to the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville, relating to the West Indies.

Dates

  • Creation: 1781-1830

Extent

2 Volumes

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.W.Ind.s.7].

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MSS.W.Ind.s.7-8

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 1654

Biographical / Historical

Henry Dundas (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville (1802). Politician, Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1791-1794), Secretary of State for War (1794-1801).

Robert Saunders Dundas (1771-1851), 2nd Viscount Melville. Politician, son of Henry Dundas.

Compiled with reference to the Dictionary of National Biography.

Other Finding Aids

The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.

Listed as no. 178 in Manuscript Collections (Africana and non-Africana) in Rhodes House Library, Oxford, Supplementary accessions to the end of 1977 and Cumulative Index, compiled by Wendy S. Byrne (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1978).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquisition information unknown.

Bibliography

  • Listed in Private Papers of British Colonial Governors, 1782-1900, by The Historical Manuscripts Commission (1986).
Title
Correspondence of Henry Dundas and Robert Saunders Dundas
Status
Published
Author
Marion Lowman
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom