'Naval Characters' - Volume of Reports and letters.
Letters and engravings, reports on proceedings in America, 1757, and several Nelson facsimilies. Correspondents include Admiral Thomas Griffin (q.v.), Admiral Sir Piercy Brett (1709-1781), Admiral Sir Charles Knowles (1704-1777) and Lord Hervey (later Vice-Admiral the Earl of Bristol) (1724-1779). About forty letters, 1743 to 1744 and 1755 to 1762, make up the collection of Captain Arthur Forrest (d.1770). Over half of them are from Forrest's naval agent; the rest are mainly orders received. Also contains several engravings.
Record Details
| Item reference: | UPC/3 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Artificial collections previously assembled |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1757-06-01 - 1803-10-10; 1757-01-01 - ? |
| Creator: | Phillipps-Upcott |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- 'Naval Characters' - Volume of Letters and Orders collected by William Upcott. (Manuscript) (UPC/1)
- 'Naval Characters' - Volume of Letters to Sir John Norris. (Manuscript) (UPC/2)
- 'Naval Characters' - Volume of Reports and letters. (Manuscript) (UPC/3)
- 'Naval Characters' - Volume of Letters. (Manuscript) (UPC/4)
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