Recherche dans la collection - Returns of His Majesty's Forces collection [textual record]

The Stowe Manuscripts formed part of the collection of manuscripts made by the Grenville family at Stowe, their Buckinghamshire family seat. When Richard Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861), was forced to sell his library in 1849, it was purchased by the 4th Earl of Ashburnham, whose son Bertram, 5th Earl of Ashburnham (1840-1913), sold it to the nation in 1883. The part of the manuscript collection that went to the British Library is kept as a separate collection, catalogued as Stowe MSS. 1-1085. In 1914, the National Archives of Canada transcribed small excerpts relating to North America from each of the volumes., Additional Manuscripts 29256-29259 consist of four volumes, containing an imperfect series of monthly "Returns of His Majesty's Forces" at home and abroad, 1768-1775, which were added to the holdings of the British Library in 1872. In 1929, the National Archives of Canada obtained photostat copies of the whole series.

The originals are held by the British Library, London, England.