Letters from various Admirals.
Letters from various Admirals: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Backhouse, 3 May and 8 November 1938; Rear-Admiral Dennis Boyd (1891-1965); Admiral Lord Cork and Orrery (1873-1967), 16 Oct 1939; Admiral Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (d 1965), 26 March 1939; Rear-Admiral John Godfrey (1888-1971), 25 July 1939; Admiral of the Fleet Dudley Pound (1877-1943), 20 March and Aug 1939, January 1940, with a letter from Baillie Grohman to Pound, 20 Dec 1939; Admiral Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945), 12 August 1942.
Record Details
| Item reference: | XGRO/3; MS1970/081 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Copies of manuscripts not held in the Museum collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1938-1943-12-31; 1938-01-01 - 1943-12-31 1938-1943 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letter from Richard Haig, Greenwich Hospital to Mrs Coward, announcing that her son will be appointed Masters' Assistant in the Royal Navy. (Manuscript) (XADL/1)
- Certificate showing that Robert Walker, seaman, was a citizen of the U.S.A. to prevent him being impressed. (Manuscript) (XADL/2)
- Xerox copies of documents relating to naval administration, and a copy of a document relating to William Herschel's association with Halifax. (Manuscript) (XADL/3)
- Xerox copies of the Crew List of the DISCOVERY, and two typescript documents. (Manuscript) (XADL/4)
- John Jervis, holograph to Phillip Stephens, describing action against the French in the West Indies. (Manuscript) (XAGC/1)
- Viscount Keppel, holograph to Jervis, about charges made against him by Sir Hugh Palliser. (Manuscript) (XAGC/2)
- Viscount Horatio Nelson. Page of notes concerning appointments. (Manuscript) (XAGC/3)
- Viscount Horatio Nelson, letter to Sir William Botton concerning the movements of a Spanish frigate, HMS VICTORY. (Manuscript) (XAGC/4)
- Viscount Horatio Nelson. Letter to Sir Morton Eden concerning the political and military situation in Italy. (Manuscript) (XAGC/5)
- Prince Rupert, to Sir William Coventry from Sheerness; and Viscount Horatio Nelson to Lady Hamilton. (Manuscript) (XAGC/6)
- Archibald Buchanan. 15 letters to his mother and brothers written when midshipman on board HMS MONARCH and HMS ARIADNE. (Manuscript) (XAGC/7)
- The Spiro collection of Nelson letters and Lady Hamilton letters. (Manuscript) (XAGC/8)
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