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  • Tags: Viscount Robert Melville

1814 July 29

1814 July 29
To Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane. Deals with the new Orleans campaign. General Ross to command 7,000 men to be sent from England, rendezvous at west end of Jamaica.

1814 May 26

1814 May 26
Bermuda. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Concerns political effects of blockade and the use of agents to obtain information.

1814 May 22 copy

1814 May 22 copy
Admiralty. To Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane. Concerns embargo and naval operations.

1814 May 22

1814 May 22
Admiralty. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Concerns a call to be made by Colonel McMahon.

1814 May 16

1814 May 16
Bermuda. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Concerns naval captures, officers promoted, fortification of Tangier Island under Admiral Cockburn who is arming a black force, and effects of lifting embargo.

1814 Apr. 26

1814 Apr. 26
To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Forwarding copy of a letter received from America on the political effects of lifting the embargo by the admiralty as a means of carrying on the war.

1814 Apr. 24

1814 Apr. 24
To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melvillle. Needs more ships to maintain an effective blockade to checkmate America

1814 Mar. 25

1814 Mar. 25
Asia ship, Bermuda. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Outlines plan for naval operations against the United States.

1814 Mar. 10

1814 Mar. 10
Asia ship, Bermuda. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Milville. Account of conditions upon his arrival to take command in American waters.

1814 Jan. 23

1814 Jan. 23
To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. On selection of commanding officers for his ships.

1814 Jan. 5

1814 Jan. 5
To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Request for bomb vessels to be used along the American coast.
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