Dundas, Henry, (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville

Correspondence and papers, both general and in his capacity as Commissioner (later President) of the Board of Control. Subjects discussed include Scottish affairs and India.

1780-1811

106 items Partly printed.

Purchased from Bernard Halliday, Leicester, 25 March 1927, item 161, from Sotheby's 13-14 November 1933, lot 206, and at various sales, 1927-35. Item 15 was purchased from A. Bamping, of the Tyger Press, London, in May 1988. Items 72-75 were purchased from R D Gurney Ltd, 1990.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).