Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ).
Extent Medium
157pp (bound volume)
Context
Creator(s): General John Adlercron
Administrative History ↴
The 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1719 and amalgamated into The Dorsetshire Regiment in 1881.
The regiment was raised by Colonel Richard Coote in Ireland in August 1702. This was in fact a reforming of Richard Coote's Regiment of Foot, which he had in turn inherited in 1692 from Viscount Lisburne's Regiment of Foot which was originally formed in 1689.
In 1751, they were numbered the 39th Regiment of Foot, and in 1782 took a county title as the 39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot. They were the first regiment of the British Army to serve in India. In 1794 the regiment was captured, and reformed in Ireland the following year by absorbing the short-lived 104th Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers).
Archival History ↴
Acquired by the James Hardiman Library, NUI, Galway in 2003.
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Unknown
Content & Structure
Scope & Content: General John Adlercron ↴
Bound volume containing book of accounts showing disbursements borne by General John Adlercron during his command of the 39th Regiment of Foot between 1757 and 1760, which saw service at Fort St. George in India and Galway in Ireland. Includes lists of men in the Regiment, accounts expended and copies of correspondence with the War Office in relation to reimbursement.
Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention
Arrangement ↴
One item only – no arrangement applicable
Conditions of Access & Use
Access Conditions
The material in this collection is open to all bona fide researchers, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at the James Hardiman Library, NUI, Galway.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist and reproductions are subject to to the conditions of access.
Creation Dates
1757-1761
Level of Description
Fonds (The whole of the records, regardless of form or medium, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular person, family, or corporate body in the course of that creator's activities and functions). (Often, but not always, contiguous with an archives ‘collection’ ).
