Markham, Centaur, off Cadiz, to his father, with few provisions sailed from Bantry Bay under Sir Roger Curtis, to join Lord St Vincent, squadron sailed to join Nelson, news that Bonaparte is embarked at Toulon with troops to punish the Dey[ of Algiers], for beheading a Frenchman,
8 June 1798, Markham, Centaur, off Cadiz, to his father, after 6 months off Ireland, with few provisions sailed from Bantry Bay under Sir Roger Curtis, to join Lord St Vincent, squadron sailed to join Nelson, news that Bonaparte is embarked at Toulon with troops to punish the Dey[ of Algiers], for beheading a Frenchman, letters from Naples, ‘another story is that Egypt is the object’, and India, but don’t believe it, strength of Spanish fleet in Cadiz, supplied with fresh provisions
Record Details
| Item reference: | MRK/107/1/35 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1798 |
| Creator: | Markham, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |