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2057 - WILTON HOUSE AND ESTATE ARCHIVES
- 12 - Public and State papers of Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), Baron Herbert of Lea. Herbert was Secretary to the Admiralty, 1841-1845, Secretary at War 1845-1851, and Secretary of State for War 1852-1860. The papers are an important source for the reorganisation of the army, particulaly medical reforms and the campaign in the Crimea. Florence Nightingale was a frequent correspondent and she figures heavily in the series. Other subjects covered include campaigns in China, India in 1860, Ireland, Wellington College and the Royal medical School at Chatham. See also 2057/F4/50-71 for related correspondence. This list to 2057/F8/I-VI was made by Dr. James G. Provan, Associate Professor of History at Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, U.S.A. and completed in 1975. Parts VII to XI were listed in 1992, by Nicola Bailey, a student in the Wiltshire Record Office, when the following items in the original list were not found: 2057/F8/III/A/9c, 2057/F8/IV/A/8, 2057/F8/V/A/67-73, 2057/F8/V/A/140, 2057/F8/V/A/216, 2057/F8/V/B/393h, 2057/F8/V/C/71j. Index F8/I 1833-1846 F8/II 1847-1852 F8/III 1853-1855 F8/IV 1855-1858 F8/V 1859-1861 F8/VI Documents dated prior to 1833 or after 1861 F8/VII Additional miscellaneous papers F8/VIII Emigration to Australia; Family Colonisation Loan Society and Female Emigration Fund F8/IX Emigration to Australia; Female Emigration Fund F8/X Appointment of nurses to the army in the Crimea F8/XI Miscellaneous
  - 5 - 1859-1861 DOCUMENTS
    - 2 - 1860 Documents

Reference	2057/F8/V/B/172
Level	Item
Title	Copy of letter (A) from Sir Hope Grant to Lieutenant-General Montauban, commander of French forces in China, calling for the landing of French and English forces at Peh-tang. 26 June. Copy of letter (B) from General Montauban to Sir Hope Grant stating his objections to the Peh-tang operation. 6 July. Copy of letter (C) from Sir Hope Grant to General Montauban clarifying his request of 26 June for a joint operation at Peh-Tang. 8 July. Memorandum on the Anglo-French conference held at Che-foo on 10 July. Sketch of fleet arrangement enclosed. [See 2057/F8/V/B/192w].
Date	1860

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