Browse Items (54 total)

Tonnant, Chesapeake Bay. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Refers to the Battle of Lake Champlain and the defeat of General Provost.

Tonnant, Halifax. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd, viscount Melville. Requests a second in command be appointed over the military troops about to sail to attack New Orleans.

Tonnant, Halifax. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Obliged again to convey unpleasant news from Canada, and concerned about New Orleans.

Bath. To Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis, Cochrane. Indicates how well the admiralty supported Cochrane and the measures employed to supply his demands.

Cheltenham. To Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane. Comments on the battle of Baltimore, and the qualities of Sir Edward Pakenham.

Tonnant Basseterre Guadeloupe. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Reports on conditions in the West Indies and offers his services for a provisional order to assume the government of Louisiana. I am perfectly satisfied the British flag…

Tonnant, Jamaica. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Disappointed in conditions at Jamaica and has replaced some officers.

Memorandums for Lord Melville. Memos relative to the fleet, munitions, black troops, and officers.

Observations by Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane to Lord Melville relative to America. Plans to burn Washington, blockade Atlantic coast, capture New Orleans, separate North from the South.

Tonnant, Off Chandeleur Islands. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount. Attempts to explain the defeat of the British at New Orleans.

Tonnant. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Comments on one of his subordinate officers who want to resign.

Tonnant. To Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd viscount Melville. Refers to sketch of British operations against New Orleans.