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WITH THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR CAMPAIGN UPON US - NAPOLEON & SPAIN SIGN THE TREATY OF FOUNTAINEBLEAU ON OCTOBER 27, 1807 FOR THE INVASION OF PORTUGAL - WELLINGTON LANDS IN PORTUGAL AT MOUTH OF THE MONDEGA ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST OF 1808 - WE HAVE CONCENTRATED OUR EFFORTS ON PRESENTING QUALITY ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS THAT WILL JUMP START OR ENHANCE ANY BICENTENNIAL EXHIBIT, COLLECTION OR TRIP TO THE BATTLEFIELDS.

Below are listed our Napoleonic War related items with a strong emphasis on the Peninsular War Campaign. All materials are original documents and guaranteed authentic. Please click on any image where, in most cases, it will to take you to a page which will show the document in larger detail as well as a written transcription of the text and in many cases our research and comments upon the historic and contextual aspects of the date, place, contents and people involved. Even if you are just looking, we hope you enjoy this extensive opportunity to view original, primary source material and our humble proffered observations.  All items not previously sold are For Sale. All Prices are in US Dollars. "NYP" indicates it is not yet priced and likely still being researched. "ALS" indicates Autograph Letter Signed meaning not only the signature, but the body text of the letter is also in the signer's handwriting. "LS" indicates Letter Signed meaning that the body text of the letter was written by another hand but is autograph signed by the sender. "DS" indicates Document Signed meaning that the primary text is a formal document (usually printed in part) which has been signed in an official capacity.

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"HMS Royal Sovereign"
June 28th 1804

 Lt. John Stuart on the Character & Command of Admiral Horatio Nelson - written aboard Collingwood's Flagship - ALS

Lisbon
May 10, 1811

ALS - Lord High Admiral George Berkeley, Fleet Commander Portugal re: naval news, turtles & Fuentes de Oñoro

Coimbra
April 24th 1810

Field Marshal William Carr Beresford, Commander-in-Chief Portuguese Forces
 12 page ALS letter

Lesaca
August 17, 1813

ALS FitzRoy Somerset, later Lord Raglan of the Crimea, as Wellington's Military Secretary

Price: $2,800

Price: $900

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Isla de Leon, Cadiz
June 6, 1810

ALS - Lt Gen Thomas Graham, Commanding at Cadiz

Trancoso
June 28th 1810

ALS - General Arbuthnot 10 page Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Intelligence dispatches

Peniche Fortress
December 30, 1810

ALS - Brig. Gen, Governor Richard Blunt on Massena's troops starving and looting

Lisbon
December 17, 1810

ALS - Thomas Robinson, Reporter for the British Press, files this "important event" despatch. Earliest known use of an English "pool reporter" in war

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Price: $650

"HMS Royal Sovereign"
Off Cape Sebastian
December 22, 1804

Lt. John Stuart on the Character & Command of Admiral Horatio Nelson - written aboard Collingwood's Flagship - ALS

Aveiro
April 6, 1813

ALS - General George Anson, Noted Cavalry Brigade Commander

Foz Castle near Oporto
September 26, 1813

ALS - General Nicholas Trant
Hero of Coimbra and Governor of Oporto with News of Bonaparte at Dresden

St. Sebastian
23 September 1813

ALS - Maj Gen Andrew Hay under the walls of St. Sebastian & on forcing the Bidassoa

Price: $2,400

Price: $800

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Gibraltar
February 24, 1811
August 27, 1813

LS - Lt Gen Colin Campbell - Lt Gov Gibraltar - signed letter and Pay Warrant

EXHIBITION SET
Badajoz Campaign
1810-1811

ALS - Maj Gen Sir William Parker Carrol on Badajoz & Ciudad Rodrigo - 7 letters

Lisbon Naval Stores
August 24th 1813

ALS James McKain, RN Marine Salvage of the "Raphael's" Guns

HMS Boa Morte
September 2, 1813

LS - Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Martin, Commander-in Chief Portugal & the Tagus

Price: $800

Price: $6,300

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1804 Beautiful Napoleonic Legal Notices in full uncut sheet
w/ full English Translation


1811 - Very Early Lord Palmerston DS - War Office Napoleonic War Travel Warrant

EXHIBITION SET
Coruña - April 30, 1810

Spectacular Naval Intelligence Official Mail w/ translated Spanish Spy report from Paris

EXHIBITION SET
Formoso - 22 June 1810

Lt. Gen Benjamin D'Urban
Intel Despatches on the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, Bragança & captured French Returns  - Craufurd, Ney, Regnier, Massena

Price: $149

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Price: $2,500

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Portalegre - June 23, 1810

ALS - Brig Gen Richard Stewart on Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo

Chaves - October 30, 1813

ALS - Brig Gen Frederick Baron Eben re Spanish General Silveira - translated from German

Lisbon - Oct 27, 1813

Irish Poetry of the Peninsular War

Lisbon - December 29, 1810
& September 1, 1813

ALS - Austrian Ambassador
Chevalier de Lebzeltern 2 letters translated from French

Price: $Being researched

Price: $1,500

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Price: $1,500

Stockholm - April 28, 1815

Edward Thornton - British Ambassador sends word of
French Spies in Brussels as Sweden receives news of Napoleon's return - 4pp

Almeida - 23 June 1810

Lt. General William Cox
On the Fall of Ciudad Rodrigo

Vianna - March 1, 1810

ALS - Deputy Consul Andrew Norton on Brig Gen Miller & Portuguese 16th Reg & Artillery
awaiting Massena

"Most Secret & Confidential"
Stockholm  - December 9, 1804
ALS - Henry Pierrepont - British Envoy to Sweden submits a detailed report on Secret Convention - 13 pages

Price: $1,800

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