Secret Memorandum to Purvis, letters from Spain being written in Lemon juice and then heated to render them decipherable
Secret Memorandum to Purvis, letters from Spain being written in Lemon juice and then heated to render them decipherable
Record Details
| Item reference: | PRV/59/18; MS1973/125 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Creator: | Purvis, John Child |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Translation of a Gazette, comments on the conducts of Blakes Army (Manuscript) (PRV/59/1)
- Translation of Articles decreed by a Provisional Spanish Government at Seville (Manuscript) (PRV/59/2)
- Schedule of papers for Purvis c.1809/1810? (Manuscript) (PRV/59/3)
- "Extracts from Naval Histories", 27 July 1680 to 6 March 1741, Biographical note on Captain George Purvis R.N., MP of Darsham, Suffolk (Manuscript) (PRV/59/4)
- List of Ships in Cadiz, [no date] (Manuscript) (PRV/59/5)
- Translation of part of a letter supposedly from General Castanos (?), dated 9 May 18?? (Manuscript) (PRV/59/6)
- Translation of Spanish reports about fleet movements (Manuscript) (PRV/59/7)
- Notes of extracts and references to published material, 'Lives of the Admirals' and Naval biographical material (Manuscript) (PRV/59/8)
- Notes outline the line of battle at Trocadero, includes a battle plan (Manuscript) (PRV/59/9)
- Collingwood, HMS OCEAN off Malta, to General Fox, original, relating his journey home (Manuscript) (PRV/59/10)
- Translation of notes on consequences of meeting Bonaparte and King Ferdinand Vii of Spain in May 1808 (Manuscript) (PRV/59/11)
- W. Lomett to Purvis, stating that Purvis shall be presented to the Queen at two o' clock and outlining the details of his arrival (Manuscript) (PRV/59/12)
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