Letters to Midshipman/Lieutenant George Fowke from Major Thomas Thorpe Fowke.

Letters from Major Thomas Thorpe Fowke to his son Midshipman/Lieutenant George Fowke, 1783-1791 (c. 23 letters). Letters include 1st May 1784 on board HMS EUROPA, Jamaica, the death of Rear Admiral Edmund Thorpe Fowke and refers to his Will and 6 June 1791 HMS SPITFIRE – Father Thomas Thorpe mentioned son Tom who is also in Navy on HMS SAVAGE in relation to money and clothes of Tom’s going missing Thomas suspects theft.

Record Details

Item reference: FOW/2/1; REG08/000036.6
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: folder
Date made: 1783-1791
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London