Beschreibung:

[Peninsular War]. Three autograph letters signed from Jonathan Jeffery, British official at Lisbon, 1812-13, i.e., 1. Two letters to Sir Charles Stuart Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, 17 October 1812 & 28 March 1813, the first enclosing 'the papers which you requested me to get translated ...' (not present), the second concerning the implementation of a tariff on British goods imposed by Lord Castlereagh, foreign secretary ('I ... will endeavour to comply with your Lordship's instructions, by submitting these Papers to a Committee of British Merchants to be formed according to the terms of the 15th Article of the Treaty'), 2. Letter to 'Hamilton Hamilton Esqr', 26 October 1812, 'Being wholly ignorant of the proceedings against Jones, having only recommended the Judge Conservator's attention to the case at the request of Major General Peacock, I must beg to refer the consideration of making application in his behalf to His Excellency [i.e. Sir Charles Stuart]', each letter a single sheet, 1, 2, 1 p., browned, first letter (17 October 1812) with a few nicks, folio (32.5 x 20.6 cm) (Qty: 3) Sir Charles Stuart undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and afterwards 'made himself indispensable to Wellington' as minister at Lisbon (1810-14) and member of the Portuguese regency council. He later helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal. Jonathan Jeffery appears to have been one of his officials. Hamilton Hamilton was later minister plenipotentiary at Buenos Aires and subsequently Rio de Janeiro; the 'proceedings against Jones' mentioned in his letter may be the court martial of Lieutenant John Jones held at Lisbon on 29 March 1813 (see James, A Collection of the Charges, Opinions, and Sentences of General Courts Martial, 1820, pp. 509-11).