Transcripts of original documents: letters written by Charles Shaw, Midshipman, RN and a journal kept by William Salter Millard, Midshipman on board HMS MONARCH.

Transcripts of original documents: 124 letters written by Charles Shaw, Midshipman, RN, on board HMS ALAART, HMS OWEN GLENDOWER and HMS SABRINA; to his father between 1808 and 1815; includes letters from the Captain S Tillard to Charles Shaw.
Summary typescript copy of a journal kept by William Salter Millard, Midshipman on board HMS MONARCH, from 1799 to 1801, which includes summary details of the Battle of Copenhagen. Xerox extracts from MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE, No. 428, 1895, giving an extract from the journal kept by William Salter Millard.

Administrative / biographical background
William Salter Millard wrote an account of the Battle of Copenhagen, writing of his experiences as a midshipman on board HMS MONARCH.

Record Details

Item reference: TRN/73; MSS/77/087 MS1977/087
Catalogue Section: Copies of manuscripts not held in the Museum collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1799-1815
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London