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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
    - 4 - Documents Dated Prior to 1833 or After 1861

Reference	2057/F8/VI/11
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Title	Correspondence relating to relations between the British Government and its continental allies concerning movements against Napoleon 1805-1807. Including: Copies of letters from Smart as a diplomat in St. Petersburg to various members of the British Government including Fox and Lord Howick which concern relations with Austria and between Austria and Russia. Letters to Pembroke from the Prince of Castelricala including a copy of a letter from Prince Castelricala to Canning foreign secretary and an extract of a treaty between the Russian Emperor and King Sicily signed Naples 10th September 1805. (In French) Copy of dispatch from Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State for War to Lord Hutchinson ambassador to St. Petersburg, explaining that the British Government would be unable to move a large body of troops to the Baltic and Pamerania against Bonaparte but could send a smaller force in conjunction with Sweden. 1807. An account of British conduct at Bucharest August 20th 1807. (In French)
Date	1807

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