Uncatalogued: 10 Items of miscellaneous manuscript material.

The first item is dated to the 15th Feb, 1819. The next item, which has a small description attached to it, is another letter in extremely faded ink and concerns the the fraudulent ways in which half-pay navy officers are able to defraud pay agents. The third item is another letter. The fourth like the second has a description attached, this lists the item as being from the Chatham and Deptford dockyard in 1702, and concerns the directions of pulley blocks and Masts by the cars of the Navy. The item itself is of post card size, with a smaller piece retaining the name of Sir Admiral Haddock (1629-1715). The fifth item is of a similar size, on bluish paper bearing a letter head with the legend 'Beech Law, Puttenham, Guildford'. The sixth is another letter of a similar fashion to the others, being folder over and written in a compact, stylised cursive. The letter itself is the aforementioned "stinker" written by the mayor of King's Lynn dated to 1828. The sixth is a small, folded letter which, according to its cover, is in some way related to Admiral Horatio. Finally there is a souvenir of the shipwreck of HMS AMAZON from 1852. The item itself is small and bordered with a heavy black margin.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/69/016
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1702-1852
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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