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Manuscript memoirs of William Paterson, March-May 1813
memoir, memoir
Accession Number

NAM.1982-11-162-1

Description

Loose manuscript memoirs of William Paterson written March - May 1813. 151 pages. Describing Paterson’s adventures from 1 Aug 1812 to 26 May 1813. Sailing from Portsmouth he arrived in Lisbon and travelled on to join Lt Gen Rowland Hill's army at the end of September 1812. He was appointed a clerk in the Commissariat under DCG Sir Randolph Isham and served with Hill's army during the retreat towards Madrid before Soult (which he described graphically) and their time in winter quarters. When the narrative ends the force was on the way to the successful campaigns of 1813. Paterson gives vivid accounts of the countryside that he passed through and the people he met in the course of his travels. Associated with the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).

Campaigns

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

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