116. Windsor (James, clerk of the Office of Ordnance, later Ordnance Storekeeper at Trinidad, fl. 1820-46) Letter Book, autograph manuscript, 330pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, one cover title "Received", the other "Issued", indexes at start of each section, 5pp. of index loose, some folds, some ff. removed, joints breaking, original vellum, soiled, 4to, 3rd January 1820 - 14th August 1846.
est. £400 – £600
A detailed account of a clerk in the Board of Ordnance. Windsor served in the Military Stores at Gibraltar, and transferred to the Board of Ordnance, serving at Trinidad and Kingston, Canada. On 28 November 1826 Windsor received his commission as Ordnance Storekeeper at Trinidad from the Duke of Wellington and sailed on board the Julia 16 April. In September 1834 he was thrown from his horse and though not badly hurt was also recovering from a bout of fever and decided to return home. Thereafter Windsor lived in London and Peckham until, in 1838, he went to Canada as the new Ordnance Storekeeper at Kingston.
For some of his career the Duke of Wellington was in command of the Ordnance and there are several communications from him in this letter book. Other correspondents include Sir John Webb, Earl of Morley, Capt. Fligg, Sir James Kempt, Capt. Laughton, Sir Andrew Halliday. The various subjects covered include: being recommended to remain in Gibraltar and not to remove to Malta, his transfer to the Ordnance Department, attending a court martial, Windsor's black servant, medical certificates relating to his sickness in Trinidad and recuperation in England, financial affairs, salary, Storekeeper at Trinidad, proceeding to Kingston via New York etc.
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