Found 14 collections related to Great Britain. Army

A transcribed extract of "A List of the General and Staff Officers and of the Officers in the several British, Foreign and Provincial regiments, serving in North America. Under the command of His Excellency, General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. With the Dates of their Commissions as they Rank in each Corps and in the Army." The transcription was made by B. F. Stevens and commissioned by Worthington Chauncey Ford in 1894; the original was printed by MacDonald & Cameron, 1779 less

Sir John Maxwell Tylden, a captain in the 43rd regiment of the British Army, kept this diary on an expedition from England to New Orleans, Louisiana. Entries date from October 27, 1814-May 10, 1815. Tylden records operations before New Orleans and at Mobile Bay and describes social and political life in Havana, Bermuda, and other locations. The diary includes watercolor sketches of coast lands, as well as a portrait of Tylden copied by Mrs. G.W. Smith less

Details of uniforms and equipment of the British army, 1742-1881, collected by Samuel M. Milne of Leeds, England ca. 1913. Includes specimens of cloth, braid, and other material, mounted, with descriptive notes in manuscript, colored sketches, photographs, drawings, and letters relating to the specimens less

DeWitt Clinton Falls (1864-1937) was a military historian. Collection consists of reports, articles and manuscripts of writings by Falls, clippings, photographs, and drawings. Includes materials related to European and American military uniforms; the armies of Belgium and Great Britain in 1914; and military affairs in England, France, Italy, and elsewhere in Europe, 1926-1930. less

Sir Charles Blagden, a physician in the British hospital system, wrote these letters to Sir Joseph Banks between July 7, 1776 and June 21, 1780. The letters concern American affairs, the movement of armies, and other topics, with some remarks on scientific matters. The letters were printed in the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 7 (1903): 407-446 less

Five letters written by British General and colonial Governor Thomas Gage. A 1766 letter to John Bradstreet notes the arrival of the 46th Regiment at Albany; A 1767 letter to John Penn, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, discusses "the dissatisfaction of the Indians, and their ill disposition towards us;" A 1768 letter to the Paymaster of His Majesty's Forces at Nova Scotia relates to the payment of troops; a 1769 letter to Bradstreet discusses provisioning at Schenectady; and a 1773 letter relates to the sale of stores at Fort Pitt less

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period. less