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Captain of the HMS LONDON, 15 May 1797 (Manuscript)
1797-05-15 - ?
PRV/60/11
Translation, Vincent Esteve, proclamation at Valencia, 25 May 1808, inviting the people to arm. (Manuscript)
1808-05-25
PRV/53/7
Commander of Sloop HMS DUC DE CHARRES, 20 June 1781 (Manuscript)
1781-06-20
PRV/60/7
Admiral of the Blue, 12 August 1819 (Manuscript)
1819-08-12 - ?
PRV/60/17
Vice Admiral of the White Squadron, 31 July 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-07-31
PRV/60/15
Captain Fortescue to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 19 February 1804, personal (Manuscript)
1804-02-19
PRV/62/4
Captains letters, 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-01-01 - ?
PRV/45
Treasury Chambers to Lordships of the Admiralty, (copy), 23 May 1809, arrangements made by Hon. A Cochrane Johnson with Spanish Government on financial issues (Manuscript)
1809-05-23
PRV/55/9
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Cadiz, 23 May 1809 (Manuscript)
1809-05-23
PRV/55/8
Wellington to Purvis, Cadiz, 10 November 1809, re wool export from Cadiz to England (Manuscript)
1809-11-10 - ?
PRV/56/8
Purvis' observations of state of affairs in the Mediterranean, April 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-04 - ?
PRV/58/1
Lord Collingwood to Mr Green, (copy), 14 November 1809, passport sent to Green permitting passage of Frenchmen (Manuscript)
1809-11-14 - ?
PRV/56/9
Prince Leopold, Gibraltar, to Purvis, 9 October 1808, requesting ships to take him to Sicily and escort the Sicilian ships from Gibraltar. (Manuscript)
1808-10-09 - ?
PRV/54/10
Extract, Intelligence report, Aranjuiz, 29 November 1808 (Manuscript)
1808-11-29
PRV/54/12
General Morla, Cadiz, to Lord Collingwood, HMS OCEAN, (Copy), 12 June 1808 (Manuscript)
1808-06-12 - ?
PRV/53/14
To the Soldiers of the French Army in Portugal (unsigned), Roderigo, 13 July 1808 (Manuscript)
1808-07-13 - ?
PRV/54/2
George Canning, Foreign Office, 12 June 1808, letter (copy) to the Envoys of Asturias. (Manuscript)
1808-06-12 - ?
PRV/54/1
Translation of a gazette from Seville, defeat of French by Austrian Army, 5 June 1809 (Manuscript)
1809-06-05 - ?
PRV/55/13
Intercepted letter from a French Officer to a correspondent at Bayonne, Madrid, 21 August 1809 (Manuscript)
1809-08-21
PRV/55/15
General Cradock, Cadiz, to Purvis, 24 May 1809, enclosing copies of two letters from Lord Castlereagh. Regiment dispatches from Gibraltar to Lisbon (Manuscript)
1809-05-24
PRV/55/10
Translation, 29 October 1807, King of Spain, proclamation for arrest of his son and other conspirators. (Manuscript)
1807-10-29
PRV/51/12
Admiralty Office to Lord Collingwood, Off Cadiz, 23 September 1807, orders (Manuscript)
1807-09-23
PRV/51/7
Lord Strangford, Lisbon, 14 July 1807 to Purvis (Manuscript)
1807-07-14 - ?
PRV/51/6
Lord Strangford, Lisbon, to Purvis, 10 October 1807, Secret, informing Purvis that Portugal is likely to close its ports against England (Manuscript)
1807-10-10 - ?
PRV/51/8
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