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Louis de Villava, Governor of Mahon to Lord Collingwood, (copy), 6 March 1810, requests loan to the government of Mahon (Manuscript)
1810-03-06 - ?
PRV/57/10
Captain Hallowell, HMS TIGRE, Port Mahon, to Governor of Mahon, (copy), 6 March 1810, re British port and Spanish troop movements (Manuscript)
1810-03-06 - ?
PRV/57/9
Admiralty Office (Croker) to Purvis, Cadiz, 15 February 1810, re reinforcements (Manuscript)
1810-02-15 - ?
PRV/57/8
Manuel de Lleva de Iniques, Cadiz, to Mr Canning, Minister for foreign affairs, 31 January 1809, copy, re presentation of painting (Manuscript)
1809-01-31
PRV/55/2
Martin de Garay, Royal Castle of Seville, 22 May 1809, translation of Spanish Royal decree (4 pages) (Manuscript)
1809-05-22
PRV/55/7
Particulars of the Battle of Medellin between Spanish and French, 4 April 1809 (Manuscript)
1809-04-04 - ?
PRV/55/5
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 22 March 1808, [secret] orders to protect convoys in straits of Gibraltar (Manuscript)
1808-03-22
PRV/52/12
General Spencer, Gibraltar, to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 12 March 1808, [secret] proposed attack on Ceuta (Manuscript)
1808-03-12 - ?
PRV/52/11
Printed letter to Purvis, 6 March 1798, Admiral Sir John Jervis' Victory over the Spanish fleet, 14 February 1797. A subscription for an engraving of this occasion (Manuscript)
1797-02-14 - ?
PRV/49/4
5th Lieutenant of the HMS INVINCIBLE, 11 February 1778 (Manuscript)
1778-02-11 - ?
PRV/60/1
Extract, letter by Captain Paget, CAMBRIAN at Sea, Finisterre, 16 February 1808, mentioning Purvis, from "the Paget brothers 1790-1840" ed.j Murray. (Manuscript)
1808-02-16 - ?
PRV/52/5
Lord Castlereagh, Downing Street, to Major General Spencer, Falmouth, 15 January 1808, (copy), land battle information (Manuscript)
1808-01-15 - ?
PRV/52/2
Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, HMS LIVELY, to Purvis, 29 April 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-04-29
PRV/58/10
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 2 December 1807, order to seize and Russian ships of War and merchant vessels (Manuscript)
1807-12-02 - ?
PRV/51/19
Wellington to Purvis, 29 April 1810, dinner invitation (Manuscript)
1810-04-29
PRV/58/6
Mr Archdekin to Purvis, 2 December 1809, Hanoverian troops desiring to enter HM Service (Manuscript)
1809-12-02 - ?
PRV/56/11
Admiral Sir Charles Cotton to Purvis, 29 April 1810, orders (Manuscript)
1810-04-29
PRV/58/9
Lieutenant McMeekan, HMS ATLAS, to Purvis, 29 April 1810, requesting to be removed to Purvis' ship (Manuscript)
1810-04-29
PRV/58/8
S. M. Lowey (Minister of the Emperor of Morocco) to Purvis, 12 December 1808, translated by James Green (17 December 1808), letter of subservience (Manuscript)
1808-12-12 - ?
PRV/54/13
Antonio de Aravjio de Agevedo to Lord Strangford, 26 May 1807, (translation) seizure of a Portuguese Brig (Manuscript)
1807-05-26
PRV/51/4
Captain Darby to Purvis, HMS BELLEPHON, off Spithead, 10 April 1800 (wishing best thanks at receiving sincere congratulations) (Manuscript)
1800-04-10 - ?
PRV/49/11
Translation, account of the transactions at Madrid and other ports, 27 May 1808. (Manuscript)
1808-05-27
PRV/53/11
Castlereagh, Downing Street, to Sir H Dalrymple (Lord General), 25 May 1808, confidential dispatches (Manuscript)
1808-05-25
PRV/53/6
Translation, Supplement to the Journal of Valencia for Purvis, 24 May 1808. (Manuscript)
1808-05-24
PRV/53/9
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