210 - A COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS BY ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1811-1819

A COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS BY ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1811-1819 American War of 1812: autograph draft letter by Edward Codrington offering his warmest congratulations to Capt. Gordon and the other captains etc. for their recent success in the American War along the Potomac River: Fort Washington & the batteries adjacent were deserted by the garrison upon the bursting of the first shell … the populous city of Alexandria awed by the bold & determined approach of our ships went out to offer to capitulate & yielded instantly to the terms dictated by Capt. Gordon, 2 pages, 4to, signed with initials “E. C.”, Given under my hand on board His Majesty’s Ship 'Tonnant', 19th Sept. 1814; Manuscript account of Captures on the Jamaica Station between September 1814 and May 1815 and General Account of vessels captured etc. by His Majesty’s Ship 'Havannah', 2pp., 4to and folio; Admirals Codrington and Cochrane: manuscript copies of correspondence between Codrington and Cochrane, January to February 1815, 14pp, folio; Documents detailing the circumstances leading to and arising out of a reproof given by Vice Admiral The Honble Sir A. Cochrane to Rear Admiral Codrington – Captain of the Fleet, 24pp, manuscript copies, folio, circa February 1815m (paper watermarked 1807 to 1812); Alexander Cochrane: two copy letters written from Bermuda 24 th March 1815, regarding the reduction in the naval force on the North American Station in consequence of the Treaty of Peace with America, and one addressed to the first secretary of the Admiralty, John Wilson Croker on the return of Rear Admiral Codrington to England, 4 pages, folio, together with a one page extract dated 24 th March 1815, commending Codrington’s conduct during the American War; Commander James Barnwell Tattnall, an autograph letter thanking Codrington stating he is entirely indebted to [Codrington] for my promotion [as acting command of the Spey, in March 1819], and reporting that he gave up command of the Spey at Naples and has now returned back to England, 2pp., 4to, 23 August 1819; with Codrington’s copy of his letter to Sir George Cockburn dated 3 Dec. 1818 at the end of which Codrington has noted Lieut. Tattnall was promoted in consequence of this letter being shown to Lord Melville by Sir George Cockburn, 4pp, 4to; Peninsular War: the “Description of Buza, 12 th November 1811”, manuscript describing the cliff-surrounded Busa plateau in Catalonia, Spain, near Berga and Cardona, that became an impregnable fortress for the Anglo-Spanish alliance against Napoleon’s invading army, with a detailed description of the topography, produce and resources of the region, 3pp, folio, paper watermarked 1810; And 22pp. of other manuscript letters and documents similar, circa 1814-15 (A lot) Provenance: Estate of the Late Clive Richards CBE.