'Private' letter book of the 4th Earl of Sandwich, 1776-1783.
'Private' letter book of the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Mainly naval, but including political, diplomatic and miscellaneous. Jul 1776-Jan 1783. See list in Library for details.
Record Details
| Item reference: | SAN/V/13 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1776-01-01 - 1783-12-31 |
| Creator: | Montagu, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- 'A Journal of the Proceedings on Board his Majesty's Ship Furnace under new Command, in a Voyage for the Discovery of a Passage thro' Hudson's Bay to the South Sea' by Christopher Middleton. Mar 1740/1-Oct 1742 (Manuscript) (SAN/V/2)
- 'Promotion List' (Admiralty). 'Persons recommended', 'by whom' and 'for what'. Jan-Mar 1771. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/3)
- 'Promotion List' (Admiralty), showing appointments made in certain cases. 1771. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/4)
- 'Record of dockyard visitations'. Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Deptford, Woolwich. Observations minuted and orders noted. May-Jun 1771. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/5)
- 'Record of dockyard visitations'. Dockyards, plus New Forest and Greenwich Hospital. Jun-Aug 1772. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/6)
- 'Record of dockyard visitations'. Jun-Aug 1773. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/7)
- Record of dockyard and other visitations. At end, summary account of income and expenditure, Greenwich Hospital. Jun-Oct 1774. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/8)
- Record of various visitations. Jun-Oct 1775. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/9)
- Visitations of Deptford and Woolwich only. At front, explanation by Sandwich of his curtailed programme, and general observations on naval policy. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/10)
- Accounts for Portsmouth Dockyard dated 24 and 25 Sep 1776. Also similar returns for Plymouth (up to Jun 1776). Also an account of the tonnage of transport ships. 15 items. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/10/A)
- 'A journal of the dockyard visitations on board the yacht AUGUSTA, probably in hand of Sir Joseph Banks. 2 Jun-12 Jul 1775. (Manuscript) (SAN/V/11)
- 'Private' letter book of the 4th Earl of Sandwich. Mainly naval, but including political, diplomatic and miscellaneous. Oct 1763-Oct 1776 (mostly 1763-65 and 1771-76). (Manuscript) (SAN/V/12)
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