Description of the Seige of Cadiz in 1810.
An account of sights, events and people involved in the Siege of Cadiz during the Peninsular War including Mr Roberts, Mr Wellsley, the Governor of Cadiz and the Duke of Albuquerque. Also includes account of the garrison at Ceuta and its people. The author is unknown, it ends with his departure from Cadiz on 14 March 1810 presumably aboard the 4th Rate ANTELOPE.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/C/20; MSS/89/064 MS1989/064 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder: 6 documents |
| Date made: | 1810; 1812-01-01 - ? |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Report of the capture of Cadiz, 1596. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/1)
- Examination of Nicholas Gattonsby, Master of the WORCESTER, before Admiral Robert Blake, 22 January 1652. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/2)
- Report to King Charles II of an action fought against the Dutch, June 1666, by Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albermarle. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/3)
- Logbook of the CENTURION, on passage from Cadiz to England, 13-19 August 1674. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/4)
- That our misfortunes att sea doe happen by carrying on the war in the wrong place, 1690. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/5)
- Treaty of the Surrender of the Scilly Isles by the Royalists, 1651. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/6)
- Draft account of the examination of Captain James Waller, Lt-Governor of Kinsale, before Sir Richard Pyne, Lord chief Justice, on a charge of embezzlement, ca.1697; and a memorandum to Waller from L. Corneille, from Fort Charles 1694. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/7)
- A Treatise of All the Sea Voyages in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I with the names of the ship and the commanders, voyage, escapes, errors for future warning. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/8)
- Copy of a letter from Brest, 31 July 1778, respecting the action between the French fleet and Admiral Keppel. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/1)
- Captain Lucius O'Brien's account of engaging two French ships of war, 17 May 1756. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/2)
- Account of the taking of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/3)
- Account of the sighting of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/4)
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