please.
I'm trying to locate a copy of "A Memoir of Maj. Gen. Sir Denis Pack" by Denis R. Pack-Beresford, University Press, Dublin, 1908. I haven't been able to find any library anywhere that will own up to having a copy.
Sir Denis served in the Peninsula and elsewhere, and commanded a brigade at Waterloo. He had a rather exciting career.
Thanks for any help,
Peggy
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15-02-2005, 8:00 PM #1
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15-02-2005, 10:06 PM #2GeoffersGuestOriginally Posted by Peggy
Other than that and the online second hand dealers, I'll bar it in mind when I have a browse in the second-hand shops that I use.
Geoffers
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15-02-2005, 10:16 PM #3
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Thanks Geoffers!
I have the Naval and Military Press site bookmarked, and wish I could afford to order a few dozen items they have.
Some years back a librarian at the British Library did some looking for me, and she couldn't find the book in any library either. There were probably not many printed.
Peggy
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10-06-2005, 1:56 PM #4nemisisGuest
ray,
ref looking for a book,have you contacted the bodlian at oxford
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10-06-2005, 4:19 PM #5AnnBGuest
Hello Peggy
I'm probably telling you something you already know, but have you seen the the page of Southampton University's web site at https://www.archives.lib.soton.ac.uk/guide/MS296.shtml They seem to have quite a lot of Sir Denis's papers in their special collections
Best wishes
Ann
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11-06-2005, 2:05 AM #6
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Not in the Bod, as far as I can find out. I did find that there is a signed copy in a private, subscription-only library in NI.
Googling did turn up the Southampton University collection, Ann, and I've been in touch with them. They have some very interesting stuff, but they have a lot of it, not fully indexed. One of these days. . . .
Thanks,
Peggy
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23-03-2008, 2:15 PM #7
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Update - Found
Call off the search. :-)
Found it, in a library in Switzerland. Copy obtained through the efforts & generosity of a distant cousin.
Aside from letters to his wife, there is only one family letter quoted in the book. That one was to my GGG-GF. (I was gobsmacked.) The family info section gave me new info, including additional siblings for my GG-GF.
Peggy
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05-01-2012, 12:42 PM #8MikeG47Guest
Peggy
I have an ancestor who was an officer in Pack's Portuguese Brigade between 1810 and 1813 and and would dearly love to see a copy of Pack's memoir. Does the book describe details of his campaigns? Where in Switzerland did you find the copy?
Mike
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