Official and personal papers belonging to Admiral Sir William Cornwallis.
Documents belonging to Admiral William Cornwallis on his career and personal life including commissions, logbooks, letters from Captains and Teresa Whitby, official accounts of court marshals, newspapers and blotting paper.
Record Details
| Item reference: | COR/100 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | SERIES |
| Date made: | circa 1755-1819 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. On loan from Miss Julia Wykeham-Martin |
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- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: while captain in command of HMS GUADALUPE 17 Oct 1768-20 April 1771. (Manuscript) (COR/1)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: while captain in command of HMS ISIS, North American station 12 January-8 Dec 1777, and while in command of HMS CANADA 12 April 1782. (Manuscript) (COR/2)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: mainly dated 1794 when he was Vice-Admiral on the Channel station on board HMS CAESAR and HMS SOVEREIGN. (Manuscript) (COR/3)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: when Vice-Admiral on the Channel station 1795 (1 January-31 March vol.1). (Manuscript) (COR/4)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: when Vice-Admiral on the Channel station 1795 (1 Apr-30 Dec vol.2). (Manuscript) (COR/5)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: relating to Admiral Sir William Cornwallis' appointment to the West Indies station with letters from private correspondents with respect to his court martial. (Manuscript) (COR/6)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: relating chiefly to the blockade of Brest 27 Jun-12 Dec 1800. (Manuscript) (COR/7)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: after taking command of the Channel fleet from the Earl of St Vincent with some of the Earl of St Vincent's official papers 14 January-7 November 1801. (Manuscript) (COR/8)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: during the period 1 April 1802-31 July 1815 including two secret memoranda signed by Lord Melville. (Manuscript) (COR/9)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: journals recording the action of fleets under the command of Admiral Sir William Cornwallis and M Villaret Joyeuse 16-17 June 1795. (Manuscript) (COR/10)
- Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: papers delivered by the Earl of St Vincent to Sir Henry Harvey relating to the command of the white squadron 11 May-Oct 1800. (Manuscript) (COR/11)
- Early career 1759-60: journal by William Cornwallis 25 March 1759-12 April 1760 while in the DUNKIRK, Captain Robert Digby. (Manuscript) (COR/12)
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