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THE "DICKSON MEMOIRS.” 
BY 
MAJOR R. H. MURDOCH, late R.A. 
T HE “Dickson Memoirs” are collections of MSS. (copies and orig¬ 
inals), maps and books, beginning with temp. Ed. I., 1294, and 
ending with 1856. They were collected and compiled by® Major- 
General Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.B., K.H.,. who was commissioned 
into the Royal Artillery in 1794 (No. 844 in “Kane’s List”) ; also by his 
son W General Sir Collingwood Dickson, G.C.B., who was commissioned 
into Royal Artillery in 1835 (No. 1874 in “ Kane’s List ”). Those by 
the former close at 1840 (the year in which Sir Alexander died) ; while 
those by the latter extend from the period of the Carlist War, 1837, 
to the Siege of Sevastopol, 1856. 
The whole are contained in four boxes—three of MSS. relating to 
Artillery, and one of professional maps, books, and plans of fortifica¬ 
tions. etc. 
These were presented to the Royal Artillery Institution in 1894 
through His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, K.G., etc., 
Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, by the subjoined letter : — 
R.A. Horse Guards, War Office 
83 7 th July, 1894. 
II 
Sir,— 
“ I am desired to acquaint you, for communication to the President 
“ o f the Royal Artillery Institution, that the Commander-in-Chief has 
“ been pleased to accept, on behalf of the Regiment, the gift by General 
“ Sir C. Dickson, w G.C.B., of a collection of letters, journals, and 
“ historical records connected with the Royal Artillery during the 
" XVII., XVIII., and XIX. centuries—collected by his father, the late 
“ Major-General Sir A. Dickson, and by himself. 
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