Letters and images relating to the Pacific Station, H.B. Hill.
Letters to Mrs Shaw and her daughter Mary (Maurie?): four from Herbert Bligh Hill from HMS TRIUMPH, 1882, and HMS SWIFTSURE, 1883, a letter giving news of Hill; and a letter from Norman C Palmer, midshipman, HMS SWIFTSURE, 1883. Also contains two photographs of pictures of an action off Arica, 17 March 1880, part of the Peru-Chilean War, and an amusing drawing of 'the scientific jockey', a man with a small fishing net in a military uniform.
Record Details
| Item reference: | AGC/H/34; MSS/85/154.0 MSS/85/154 MS1985/154 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1880-1883 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Richard Hughes: intelligence report dated ESSEX 29 March 1746. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/1)
- Commander Archibald Hamilton, H.E.I.C: letter to Charles Forbes describing an action between Commandere Dance and Rear-Admiral Linois. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/2)
- Richard Howe, Viscount: orders and a secret memorandum, 1794-95. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/4)
- Lord Martin Hawke, surviving son of Admiral Lord Edward Hawke: letters, 1767, 1775 and 1794. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/5)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood: order for a survey to be made on clothes and shoes said to be rotten on board the SALCETTE. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/6)
- Captain Sir William Hoste: letter to unknown, dated 19 March 1828, also engravings of Hoste. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/7)
- Alexander Hume: letter to Sir Sydney Smith, 19 January 1811. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/8)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bt: letter to Horatio Nelson, dated Portsmouth Harbour, 20 January 1803. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/9)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bt: letter to unknown dated Portsmouth, 16 May 1815; Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt: letter to unknown dated VICTORY, 14 Dec 1781. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/10)
- Admiral Samuel Hood, Viscount: declaration recommending government protection for a French naval officer, 12 Dec 1793. (Manuscript) (AGC/H/11)
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