Sir W. Sidney Smith papers, 1794-1862.

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Sir W. Sidney Smith papers, 1794-1862.

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Correspondence, sketches, scrapbook, printed material, and other papers, chiefly relating to Smith's brother, John Spencer Smith, British ambassador to the Porte at Constantinople in the early 1790s. Includes genealogy of the Smith family, order issued by Smith aboard HMS Tigre during the Siege of Acre, 1799, and invitation to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. Correspondents include Robert Liston.

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Rice University, Fondren Library

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Smith, W. Sidney (William Sidney), Sir, 1764-1840

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British admiral. From the description of Papers, 1794-1862. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 122600753 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to C.R. Broughton, 1812 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663289 From the description of Sir W. Sidney Smith papers, 1794-1862. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28499318 Sir William Sidney Smith, British admiral. He entered the navy in 1777, and was present at the action of Ca...

Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852

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Smith, John Spencer, 1769-1845

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Smith family.

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Liston, Robert, Sir, 1742-1836

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British diplomat. From the description of Papers of Sir Robert and Henrietta Marchant Liston, 1795-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068338 British minister to the United States. From the description of Letter of Sir Robert Liston, 1798. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015019 ...

Tigre (Ship)

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