| Description Of Item | Draft letters by Hamilton to S Reed, Secretary to the army, concerning his claim for compensation for the injury to his leg, 29th March; to his father asking him to copy out a statement concerning Hamilton's return to him in 1812 after serving in the Peninsular Wars, 23rd March; to R Hume, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, asking him to confirm that Hamilton reported his injury to him, 29th March; draft memorials to Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of War concerning his injury and his application for a pension one sent and one unsent; draft letter to Secretary Reed requesting a reply to his memorial, 23rd April; and a draft letter to his uncle James Hamilton a remuneration he had been made, 25th July. |