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LOWE, SIR HUDSON (1769-1844, GOVERNOR OF ST HELENA) -- GORREQUER, MAJOR GIDEON (1777-1841, AIDE-DE-CAMP AND ACTING MILITARY SECRETARY TO LOWE)
Autograph letter signed to [Denzil] Ibbetson, St Helena, 1 August 1817, and excerpts (secretarial copies) of a letter by Lowe to the East India Company, 2 June 1816, and the Company's reply, 6 December 1816, together 3 pages, folio and a document (a secretarial copy) of a General Order issued by Sir Hudson Lowe, St Helena 25 July 1821, on his departure from the island, 6½ pages, folio (contemporary docket on verso of 4th leaf, stitched in upper margin), punch holes, threaded with ribbon in upper left corner.
SUPPLIES FOR NAPOLEON ON ST HELENA. Gorrequer's letter and enclosures are related to Lowe's resistance to the proposed transfer of Mr Ibbetson, the Commissary General on St Helena and an East India Company employee, on account of the greater demand for supplies caused by the increased population of the island as a result of Napoleon's presence there. 'The storekeeper by whom the issue of Provisions was formerly made, has been found incompetent to the complete discharge of all duties in other branches and having had no additional assistant in consequence of the arrival of General Bonaparte and of the increase in population on the island, has assigned this as a cause to the Court of Directors for some irregularities which the governor has represented to them. ... It has been found expedient, even from principles of economy as well as to ensure a regular and good supply, to have meats and forage for General Bonaparte's establishments furnished from the Commissary'. Lowe proposes that Ibbetson should be Commissary of Accounts for Napoleon's establishments, which should encourage the Treasury to allow him to stay on the island. His argument succeeded and Ibbetson, who had arrived on the island with Napoleon on the Northumberland in 1815, remained there until June 1823. The Governor praised his conscientiousness, in contrast to his mistrust of William Balcombe, the Company Purveyor, who until 1818 handled many of the requirements of Longwood and was on friendly terms with Napoleon.
The General Order was Lowe's valedictory dispatch, circulated by Thomas Reade (Deputy Adjutant General), in which he singled out for his gratitude the military (a number of whom are mentioned by name), the medical corps, the Reverend Mr Vernon (Military Chaplain) and to Mr Denzil Ibbetson, who has had 'various and delicate duties to perform'. (2)
Autograph letter signed to [Denzil] Ibbetson, St Helena, 1 August 1817, and excerpts (secretarial copies) of a letter by Lowe to the East India Company, 2 June 1816, and the Company's reply, 6 December 1816, together 3 pages, folio and a document (a secretarial copy) of a General Order issued by Sir Hudson Lowe, St Helena 25 July 1821, on his departure from the island, 6½ pages, folio (contemporary docket on verso of 4th leaf, stitched in upper margin), punch holes, threaded with ribbon in upper left corner.
SUPPLIES FOR NAPOLEON ON ST HELENA. Gorrequer's letter and enclosures are related to Lowe's resistance to the proposed transfer of Mr Ibbetson, the Commissary General on St Helena and an East India Company employee, on account of the greater demand for supplies caused by the increased population of the island as a result of Napoleon's presence there. 'The storekeeper by whom the issue of Provisions was formerly made, has been found incompetent to the complete discharge of all duties in other branches and having had no additional assistant in consequence of the arrival of General Bonaparte and of the increase in population on the island, has assigned this as a cause to the Court of Directors for some irregularities which the governor has represented to them. ... It has been found expedient, even from principles of economy as well as to ensure a regular and good supply, to have meats and forage for General Bonaparte's establishments furnished from the Commissary'. Lowe proposes that Ibbetson should be Commissary of Accounts for Napoleon's establishments, which should encourage the Treasury to allow him to stay on the island. His argument succeeded and Ibbetson, who had arrived on the island with Napoleon on the Northumberland in 1815, remained there until June 1823. The Governor praised his conscientiousness, in contrast to his mistrust of William Balcombe, the Company Purveyor, who until 1818 handled many of the requirements of Longwood and was on friendly terms with Napoleon.
The General Order was Lowe's valedictory dispatch, circulated by Thomas Reade (Deputy Adjutant General), in which he singled out for his gratitude the military (a number of whom are mentioned by name), the medical corps, the Reverend Mr Vernon (Military Chaplain) and to Mr Denzil Ibbetson, who has had 'various and delicate duties to perform'. (2)
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