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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
    - 5 - Additional Miscellaneous Papers [1793]-c1860

Reference	2057/F8/VII/X
Level	Item
Title	Miscellaneous items. Colonel James’ memorandum on ordnance survey in which he discusses the scale to be adopted and an estimate of the cost 1855. East Kent Railway Bill statement and letter from Liskinton to Lord Hardinge. February 1853. Typewritten copy of a letter from Argyll to Sidney Herbert, attacking the government’s non-interventionist policy concerning the United States and the abolition of Slavery October 14 1856. Part of a transcript copy of a letter to Sidney Herbert from ‘Stafford House’ concerning American Abolition of Slavery and Great Britain’s Foreign policy towards America and the government’s attempts to recruit Americans into the British Army. [1854-1856] Fragmented typewritten copies of letters from: Raglan to Sidney Herbert Florence Nightingale to Sidney Herbert Florence Nightingale to Mrs. Herbert Edward Menzies to Mr. Herbert Mr. Herbert to General Estcourt.
Date	c.1853-c.1856

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