DEP/ABJ/4/1/41 | Correspondence of John Abercrombie: report of appearances on dissection of the body of Napoleon... | Written by an unnamed author from Longwood, St Helena. Includes brief account of his health from 1812 although the violence of the symptoms did not appear until 1820. | 5 May 1821 |
DEP/HAL | Collection of Alexander Le Sassier Hamilton | | 1756 - c1836 |
DEP/HAL/2/5 | Journals of Alexander Hamilton | There are a number of different formats within this series. The diaries relating to his involvement in the Peninsular Wars start with an entry per day but become progressively more narrative in style and therefore more difficult to date. As there are later amendments it would appear that Hamilton may have considered publishing them. They are mostly paper bound volumes with some loose inserts and from HAL/2/5/18-59 they are in a similar narrow format. After he returns from the Peninsular War he keeps printed diaries, then diaries ruled into entries and finally narrative style journals. This section also includes the journals he kept of his dreams. | 1803 - 1830 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/1 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton | Leather bound notebook with a clasp. Does not overlap with HAL/2/5/1. | 12 Sep 1803-20 May 1805 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/2 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notebook No 2 | Includes private expenses at rear. Does not overlap with HAL/2/5/1. | 21 Feb 1805 - 12 Mar 1805 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/3 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: [Notebook No 3] | Bound in reused vellum. | 28 May 1805 - 21 Jun 1805 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/4 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notebook No 4 | | 23 Jun 1805 - 31 Jul 1805 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/5 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: No 5 Notebook | An entry at the rear appears to be dated August 24th 1806 at Gibraltar. | 4 Aug 1805 - 7 Sep 1805 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/6 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notebook No 6 | | 10 Sep 1805 - 29 Sep 1805 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/7 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notebook No 7 | | 2 Oct 1805 - 21 Apr 1806 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/8 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notes No 8 | | 26 Apr 1806-7 May 1806 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/9 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notebook [No 9] | | 8 May 1806-3 Jun 1806 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/10 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notes No 10 | | 4 Jun 1806-14 Oct 1806 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/11 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Notes [No 11] | Journal entries from 10th November to 20th December 1806. There then follows an account of his voyage on a troop transport in the South Atlantic Ocean from 16th January to 14th February. No year is given so it could have been 1807 but was not written up in the notebook until 1815 according to a note at the end. At the rear of the volume are meteorological observations for 1806, data from a journey to Paris 1800-1801 and notes on the dates of birth of his family. | 10 Nov 1806-14 Feb 1807 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/12 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Ephemeris | | 15 Feb 1808 - 4 Mar 1808 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/13 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Ephemeris | | 4 Mar 1808 - 10 Mar 1808 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/14 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Ephemeris | | 15 Mar 1808 - 13 Apr 1808 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/15 | Journal of Alexander Hamilton: Ephemeris | | 1 May 1808 - 4 May 1808 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/16 | Sketches for my [Alexander Hamilton's] expenses 1808 | | 5 May 1808 - 9 May 1808 |
DEP/HAL/2/5/17 | Sketches for my [Alexander Hamilton's] expenses 1808 | At the rear is a list of places passed through from Blair to Dunkeld and other notes. | 9 May 1808 - 7 Jun 1808 |