Correspondence with other officers from 1821.

Letter to Viscount Melville 24 June 1821, regarding his promise to Hoste to appoint him to the first guardships to become vacant; Copy of letter from Richard E. Jones December 1821; Letter from D. Dunn, 12 December (?) 1821; Letter from M. Martin, Navy Office 12 June 1822, regarding the discharge from the AMPHION of Richard Jones, a deaf man, and an unsuccessful candidate for a Pension, with a desire to be admitted into Greenwich Hospital; Letter to Viscount Melville 20 January 1823, giving all the reasons his brother deserves a promotion; Letter from Dunn, 21 March (?); Envelope from W.E. Powell, ‘state of maritime ports Europe’, no letter, 9 May 1825; Letter 31 May 1825 from Mrs Aurora (?) enclosing printed letter from Captain J. Maxwell to Captain E.P. Brenton, published in the Morning Post 1 May 1824; Letter from Jones (?) 9 May 1825; Note with annotation ‘Sir B. Carew’ (could be Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew, who was at the Battle of the Nile) on verso, Hoste recommends Jahleel Brenton to edit a book.

Record Details

Item reference: HOS/3/2; MS1977/025
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: FILE
Extent: 1 folder: 11 items
Date made: 1821-1825
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London