Includes letterbooks of Admiral Augustus Keppel, Daniel Weir, Commissary General and Henry Davis,Victualler to the British fleet.
The majority of these are single items. However, there are some series, including letters and letterbooks of Admiral Augustus Keppel (q.v.), 1746 to 1784, held in the Suffolk Record Office at Ipswich; the letterbooks of Daniel Weir, Commissary General of the British forces at New York, 1778 to 1780; and the letterbooks of Henry Davis, Victualler to the British fleet at New York, 1780 to 1782.
Administrative / biographical background
Copies of Volumes and Documents - xeroxes
Administrative / biographical background
Copies of Volumes and Documents - xeroxes
Record Details
| Item reference: | XAMS; GB 0064 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Copies of manuscripts not held in the Museum collections |
| Level: | COLLECTION |
| 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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