Correspondence of Admiral Samuel Hood, covering between 1787 and 1793.

Letters received by Lord Hood 1784-1787, correspondence include Howe, Prince William, Pitt; remarks on the harbour of Cherbourg by Captain Douglas; memorandum by Captain William Bligh discussing the course to be followed by HMS PROVIDENCE (1791) on a voyage between August 1791 and February 1793; remarks by a French Naval Officer upon a list of the fleet at Toulon winter 1792 (in English); noted about Russian Ships 10th January 1793; secret instructions signed by Chatham 4th April 1793; Findings of a court martial on Mr George McDowell 1st June 1793; List of Italian ships at Naples 16th August 1793 and a Memo in French on the visit of the Commissioners of Marseilles.
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Record Details

Item reference: HOO/2/177-217/A
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 box (41 items)
Date made: 1787-11-02 - 1793-08-23
Creator: Hood, Samuel
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a private lender