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[‘I make no doubt will succeed in a very extensive degree’: Sir Robert Mends, distinguished Royal Navy officer.] Long Autograph Letter Signed to the British Envoy at Lisbon Charles Stuart, describing his Portuguese situation during the Peninsular War

Author: 
Sir Robert Mends (1767?-1823), distinguished Royal Navy officer in American War of Independence and Peninsular War [Charles Stuart (1779-1845), Baron Stuart de Rothesay, diplomat]
Publication details: 
‘His Majesty’s Ship Arethusa / Corunna 18th. August 1810’.
£450.00

See his entry and that of Stuart in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 4to. On bifolium. Sixty-six lines of neatly-written text, signed ‘R Mends’ and addressed ‘To / The Honble Chas. Stuart / His Majestys Envoy / Lisbon’. A vivid and substantial historical document.

[‘I believe we shall do very well’: Nicholas Trant, hero of the Peninsular War.] Autograph Letter Signed to the British Envoy at Lisbon Charles Stuart, praising his Portuguese troops and describing the situation on the ground.

Author: 
Nicholas Trant (1769-1839), Irish officer in British Army who led Portuguese irregular troops during Peninsular War [Charles Stuart (1779-1845), Baron Stuart de Rothesay, Minister to Lisbon 1810-1814]
Publication details: 
1 May 1810. Oporto [Portugal].
£350.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB (which states of Trant’s capture of Coimbra in 1810 that ‘Napier described it as the most daring enterprise by any partisan force during the entire war’) as well as that of Stuart in the same work. A significant and vivat document, giving a good picture of the logistical and intelligence challenges faced by the British during the Peninsular War.

[General Oribe; Howard de Walden, diplomat; Lisbon] Autograph Letter Signed Howard de Walden to Captain Waldegrave, of HMS Revenge, concerning Genl Oribe who was not welcome in Lisbob

Author: 
Howard de Walden [Charles Augustus Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden and 2nd Baron Seaford GCB (1799 – 1868), diplomat and politician.]
Publication details: 
Private & Confidential | Lisbon, Dec. 18th, 1841.
£220.00

Howard de Walden was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of Lisbon from 1833. ALS, 3 pages, bifolium, good condition. Genl. [presumably 'General') Oribe - one of the Spanish Refugees - concerned in the late revolt in Spain [First Carlist War probably] is anxious to leave the country. His presence here is embarrassing to the Port[uduese] Govt, - & the [Present?] m[inister] of For[eign] aff[airs] as well as L[or]d Aberdeen.

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