Letters from Baron Larrey to his wife Charlotte Elisabeth
- Dominique Jean Larrey, 1766-1842, Baron Larrey; Surgeon-in-chief of the Napoleonic army
- Date:
- 1797-1834
- Reference:
- MS.5316
- Part of:
- Larrey, Dominique Jean (1766-1842), Baron Larrey; Surgeon-in-chief of the Napoleonic army
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Letters from Baron Larrey to his wife Charlotte Elisabeth (1770-1842), mainly while on campaign with the army:
1-8 From Italy, Egypt and France, 1797-1801.
9-57 During the campaigns against Prussia and Russia, 1806-1807.
58-77 During the campaign against Austria, 1809.
78-81 From France, 1810-1834.
82-83 From Moscow, 1812.
Publication/Creation
1797-1834
Physical description
83 items
Acquisition note
Items 9-79 were purchased at Stevens' 2 Sept. 1930, lot 390. Items 82-83 were purchased from Maggs Bros Ltd, in June 2004 and September 2006 respectively.
Related material
Cf. MSS. 3172-3173.
Finding aids
Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Location of duplicates
The following photographs are held by Wellcome Images:
MS.5316/83 Letter describing the Battle of Bordino, L0044640-L0044643
MS.5316/82 Letter describing the burning of Moscow, L0044644-L0044651
Ownership note
All the items were formerly in the Bibliotheca Lindesiana, documents of the Napoleonic era having been a particular interest of Ludovic Lindsay (1847-1913), 26th Earl of Crawford, until sold at Sotheby's 30 Nov.-3 Dec. 1925, especially lots 1102 and 1249.
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Identifiers
Accession number
- acc. 56552
- 1253
- 1452