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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Organisation |
NAS |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
GD170/915 |
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Title |
Letter from Archibald Campbell to Glenure, his brother |
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Dates |
1740-1751 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Description |
Dated at Glasgow, Minorca, Gibralter Bay.
1740, March 21. Has received melancholy news of their father's death.
1742, March 11.
Relates his schemes for getting a commission in a standing regiment, with the aid of Lord Glenorchy and an unnamed gentleman, a friend of Sir William Young's, who promises a commission on payment of 50 guineas.
[1744], August 13. Dated at Minorca.
'I wou'd be very glade to be cut of this island if I cou'd be better provided for elsewhere, and I'm only sorry that it was not my good fortune to have gone to a Regiment in Flanders where I shou'd be provided for or knocked on the head without expence or solicitation from my friends'.
1744, September 7. Dated at Minorca.
'We have latelie had an account by a ship from Leghorn that Prince Lobkowitz has thrashed the Spaniards and killed them six thousand but all this will be quite old news to you'. |
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Level |
File |
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Extent |
6 letters |
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