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Printed letters from Mr Caillard, Baron de Vincent and the Vicomte de Beauregard to Sidney Smith (Manuscript)
1815
SMT/22/2
Concerning Smith's anti-slavery work.
Journal of John Spencer Smith, titled 'Miscellany' (Manuscript)
1779-09-01 - 1790-07-07
SMT/21
The journal includes details of John Spencer Smith's time at sea, attendance at the royal court, foreign travels in France in 1785 and 1789, and details of the appointments received by his brothers Charles Douglas and Sidney Smith.…
Guest list and entry ticket for a fundraising ball held at the Augarten Palace, Vienna (Manuscript)
1814
SMT/22/1
Written in French. The ball was held on the 29 December 1814. The entry ticket includes a coat of arms.
Papers relating to the Knights Liberators of the Slaves in Africa (Manuscript)
1814 - 1828
SMT/22
Please ask staff for a list drawn up when the items were sold in 2004, which includes a summary of the items written in French.
In-letters and other papers, surname "W", circa 1804-1824. (Manuscript)
1804-1824
SMT/20
Correspondence of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith sorted according to surname of sender. Some items in French or other European languages. Surname "W" 1804-ca1824.…
Printed letters and reports relating to the work of the Knights Liberators of the Slaves in Africa in Mogadore, Morocco (Manuscript)
1827 - 1828
SMT/22/4
Headed 'North Africa'.…
Correspondence, receipts and bills received by Sidney Smith (Manuscript)
1800 - 1828
SMT/23
The correspondence is mainly begging letters asking Smith for financial assistance, but there is also a letter concerning the publication of Napoleon's correspondence in 1821. The file also includes a list of Sidney Smith’s wardrobe, 1818, and a notice of a meeting of the Vraie Lumiere, 1824.…
Papers, correspondence, receipts and bills received by Sidney Smith (Manuscript)
1811 - 1829
SMT/24
Includes an undated account of a voyage to Trebizonde (Trabzon), Turkey, in French. Also a diary of engagements and expenses, account book for 1821, an affadavit confirming that Smith was not a priest, and notes concerning anti-piracy. Some of the material is written in French.
'Institution Antipirate Rapport du President de Chevaliers liberateur des esclaves Blancs & Noirs en affrique' (Manuscript)
1818-01-29
SMT/22/3
A report by the President of the Anti-Pirate Institution and the Knights Liberators of the Slaves in Africa, on the situation at Alger. Written in French.
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