work quickly became much bigger than Gurwood had envisaged; in addition to the official dispatches it now included the many letters exchanged between the Duke to fellow officers and subordinates. Finding the papers was not an easy matter. Some came easily to hand in bound letter books but much was in loose documents not easily located in the Duke's houses. The Duke entered willingly into the search, in August 1834 spending 'three days in a diligent search for the papers you require.' Gurwood wrote round to known recipients of the Duke's letters asking if they had copies, and also found references within documents which prompted further searches. 'The work grows with its growth' he wrote to the Duke. In these circumstances it was extremely difficult for Gurwood to maintain control over the contents of the volumes, in particular maintaining the objective of arranging the papers in date order. Much relevant matter was found too late, as in July 1834 when the Duke sent Gurwood packets of letters that should have gone into Volume I which was already in print. The Duke was involved at every stage of the publishing process reading all the documents, and approving printer's sheets and final proofs. The question of names and material to be omitted came up very early over the statement by Sir Jasper Nicolls that Wellesley had hanged 10 -15 men, the Duke feeling that this would shock readers 'in these times of impunity for thieves and vagabonds.' Omissions continued to be an issue throughout with Gurwood making suggestions, and the Duke himself initiating deletions, in April 1834 for example striking out 'some words referring to the jealousies between Baird and me' on the grounds that 'Long before he died he and I were on he very best terms.' Gurwood marked up possible omissions for the Duke's consideration but it was the Duke who had the final approval of all inclusions and omissions. Volume I came out in May 1834. Lord Mahon dined at Apsley House on 18 May and reported that the Duke was much amused at reading it: 'the energy and activity are quite as great then as afterwards. I don't think that I could write better now, after all my experience.' Volumes II and III came out in March 1835. Volume III was a supplementary volume containing papers that had come to light since the first two were prepared. Indeed,