The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Cherbourg, 1758
[A report on the expedition under the Duke of Marlborough, 21 June to 1 July, to Cherbourg addressed from Portsmouth, July 2.d, 1758, by David Dundas to Col. David Watson]
c.1758Pen and ink on paper; one sheet of paper, folded in half | 31.8 x 40.6 cm (sheet; folded to 31.8 x 20.4 cm) | RCIN 732067.c
This appears to be a copy of David Dundas's letter; it is either not in his own hand, or, it is written in a great hurry. Dundas (1735-1820) had served as a young man (aged 15-20) on the Military Survey of Scotland (1747-55) under the direction of his uncle, Colonel David Watson (1713?-1761). In 1756, Dundas was one of a small group of young engineers, including William Roy, who had all served on the Military Survey and who went on to make reconnaissance surveys of the south of England under Watson's command.
Condition: six fold lines.
Sir David Dundas (1735-1820) (author)
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Mark, stamped: 854
Condition: six fold lines
31.8 x 40.6 cm (sheet; folded to 31.8 x 20.4 cm)
Assigned title:
[A report on the expedition under the Duke of Marlborough, 21 June to 1 July, to Cherbourg addressed from Portsmouth, July 2.d, 1758, by David Dundas to Col. David Watson]
Annotations:
George III heading: Cherbourg 29-30 June 1758.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil, erased, some numbers:] 9/1 [and] 8 [and] 5. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, in Mason's hand?]: VIII/ 57 [the ‘7’ is written over a faint ‘8’].
George III catalogue entry:
Cherbourg A drawn Plan of Cherbourg and the adjacent Country relative to the Expedition under the Duke of Marlborough in June 1758: by D.D (David Dundas) with a copy of D.o on thin paper; and his letter giving an Account of the Expedition.
Subject(s)
Cherbourg-Octeville, Basse-Normandy, France (49°38'23"N 01°36'58"W)
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