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Lord Keith to Markham, on accidents, on anchorage at Aberlady bay, on an exchange with Sir Sidney (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/126
Lord Keith to Markham, on the King’s recovery, sending letter from Captain Searle, illness of Thornborough, ship movements (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/131
Captain Owen, Immortalite, off Boulogne, to Lord Keith, on the use of fire boats, has considered, how to get at the enemy vessels, telegraphs along the coast, no success of fire boats but willing to try, doubts success of bombardment, description of vessels in harbour (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/130
Lord Keith to Markham, views on information from the Antelope (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/132
Lord Keith to Markham on accidents at sea, fire ships (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/134
Lord Keith to Markham, on ship movements, on plans to counter enemy moves, and capture of a French transport (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/133
Lord Keith to Markham likely move of the Dutch fleet, difficulties facing the French in Boulogne harbour. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/136
William Congreve, to Mr Crew, secretary to the Board of Ordnance, as Lord Keith may wish to use fire ships, enclosing combustibles, with charcoal. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/138
Lord Keith to Markham, enclosing a plan for the use of fire boats by C.P. sent to Philip Patton (MRK/101/3/141) (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/140
Lord Keith to Markham, (Secret) on an appointment for John Gray, despatches sent to Sir Sidney via Lieut Wilmot at Dover, Captain Wright with 4 ships has left the Downs, on Admiralty appointments (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/143
Lord Keith to Markham, on the actions of Lieutenant Wilmot, on Sir Sidney and Captain Wright, nature of information a ‘superstructure’ (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/142
Lord Keith to Markham, (Most Private) On complaints of Captain Wright over his ships (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/145
Lord Keith to Markham, (most Private), on complaints over the quality of tea, seamen’s diet (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/144
Lord Keith to Markham, now have plenty of the combustible, have seen Captain Wright, I have long foreseen what has at last happened, constant complaints about merchant built sloops. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/150
Lord Keith to Markham, captains not wanting to leave the Downs, stone ship expedition. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/154
Lord Keith, Illustrious, to Markham, on revenue cutters (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/155
Attached to letter MRK/101/3/201, Lord Keith to Markham, have sent to Captain Owen, see no reason why he cannot be absent at this moment, there is not a man at Boulogne, nor a sail boat at Wimereaux, nothing to do but watch the privateers. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/202
Lord Keith to Markham, nothing moving on the opposite coast, will take time to collect his seamen not more than 10,000 are about Boulogne, there were 25,000 when the camp broke up last year. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/204
Lord Keith to Markham, on demands of Admiral Russel, ship movements, some well manned, often 20 ships at the Nore waiting to dock for repair, on discharge for the bomb tenders, ordered a trial for the last class of small brigs, smugglers think the Dutch frigates a Helvoet for Batavia, on a dealer in smuggled goods. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/203
Lord Keith to Markham, small squadron for blockade, I hope you are not building any more of the small sloop brigs, they do not answer, all complain they are wet, do not sail, and draw 12 feet, the large brigs are excellent, Emden and the Scheldt send supplies to all quarters of France. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/205
Lord Keith to Markham, on detained ships, sending a letter about the Cape and India accounts too long delayed, hard on individuals, Dutch ships getting into the Maas Dieppe to make a show, agents have incurred an expense of one thousand pounds for the detained ships for pilotage, light money, harbour dues, and taking kings advocate opinion. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/208
Lord Keith to Markham, letter for Lord Howick, recommending the bearer as a clever and discerning officer best calculated for a Captain of a fleet. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/210
Lord Keith to Markham, inclined to think he made trial on 8th after dark, saw flashes, but no report yet, ommodore Owens report just come in. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/213
Extract of a letter from Lord Keith to Commodore Owen, on absence of the Vestal, let Admiral Holloway know the vessels you can least dispense with. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/212
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