NAM.1993-01-2-1

Military and personal papers of Lt Col James Chisholm (d 1821) which relate to the following subjects: military career (including several years in India to 1806 and the Buenos Aires expedition of 1807) until the end of the period of leave in 1808 officer in the 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers) 1796; military career in the Royal African Corps (Major 1808), including most of the year 1809 in Guernsey, and the years 1810-16 in West Africa, chiefly as Commander in Gorée, including details on his activity against slave trading, and also supporting schooling in the area; activities after his return to England in 1816 in helping former members of the Royal African Corps and their widows and in helping, and communicating with, his many relatives in the army; his personal property, estate and papers.