Papers of Commander Robert Crosbie, including commissions, statements of service, invitation cards and family documents:

Commission as a lieutenant on the schooner HMS MULLET (1807), dated 31 August 1814.
Commission as a supernumerary lieutenant on HMS RAMILLIES (1785), dated 20 June 1823.
Commission as commander of a cutter in the Revenue Service at Ilfracombe, dated 25 March 1824.
Commission as flag lieutenant to Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, commander-in-chief at Plymouth, dated 30 April 1827.
Commission as commander of the sloop HMS ACORN (1826), dated 3 August 1829.

Statement confirming his services as flag lieutenant to Admiral the Earl of Northesk, dated 14 September 1829.
Envelope containing a statement of his services since entering the Navy in 1796, with a reply from the Admiralty, stating that at present Lord Melville cannot give any assurances regarding his promotion, dated 7 April 1827.
Notepad pages with a handwritten transcription of the above.
Statement confirming his services as a midshipman on HMS SATURN (1786) from 1797 onwards and as acting lieutenant on HMS RACOON (1795) on the northside of Jamaica in 1805, signed by Captain Charles B.H. Ross, resident commissioner at Devonport, 8 July 1830.

Passport issued at Bogota, Colombia, and two issued by the British chargé d'affaires in Brussels, 1831-1837.
Numerous letters and invitations cards for Crosbie to attend social events and meet dignitaries, etc., mainly relating to Plymouth and Brussels, circa 1827-1840.
‘The Times’ newspaper from 7 November 1805, including dispatches from Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, commander-in-chief of his Majesty’s ships and vessels off Cadiz, and a description of Lord Nelson’s last moments.

Marriage certificate of Lieutenant Robert Crosbie and Flora Currie, December 1802, extracted from the records of the new parish of Greenock.
Details of carriages sent to attend the funeral of Commander Robert Crosbie on 7 November 1841.
Receipt issued to James Hutton for the erection of a tomb stone in Brussels, including details of the inscription, dated 15 March 1842
Part of an envelope with a note in pencil about Springfield Forres(?), belonging to Neil Currie, brother of Flora Currie.

Documents relating to his son Malcolm Douglas Crosbie (1803-1883) and other descendants:

Certificate for the administration of the effects of Charles Beman, wax and tallow chandler, late of Down Street, Piccadilly, granted to his widow Lucy Sophia Beman, dated 16 December 1826.
Record of the baptism of Malcolm Douglas Crosbie in the parish of St James, Westminster, on 30 October 1803, extracted from the register of births and baptisms at the Scotch Church, Swallow Street, Piccadilly, dated 16 July 1833.
Record of the above baptism extracted from the Office of the Non-Parochial Registration Commission, dated 6 July 1841.
Records of the births of Maria Crosbie and Fanny Crosbie, daughters of Malcolm Douglas Crosbie, clerk in the Customs, and Sophia Crosbie, formerly Knight, born in the district of Belgrave, Middlesex, on 11 November 1839 and 12 August 1841, extracted on 21 December 1853.
Envelope and enclosed letter to Fanny Crosbie at 57 Stanley Street, Pimlico, London, sent by John Forster at 19 Whitehall Place, dated 14 September 1859.
Letter to ‘My darling Bunt’ from ‘Your loving Pie’, sent from 37 Raglan Road, Dublin, dated 18 April 1935.
Letter to ‘My dear Bos’ from Agatha M. Shute at 10 Sumner Place, South Kensington, London, SW7, dated 23 May 1935.