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Admiral Cornwallis, Ville de Paris, to Markham, recommending for promotion Richard Smith acting lieutenant, and William Adams, gunner, not wishing to trouble Lord St Vincent (Manuscript)
1801
MRK/101/13/46
Admiral Cornwallis, Newlands, to Markham, on replacing the gunner of the Magnificent sent from Torbay to the hospital in Portsmouth, who died (Manuscript)
1802
MRK/101/13/48
Letters received by Cornwallis 1789-1805 (Manuscript)
1789-1805
COR/51-53
Signal books: 'Signals and Instructions in addition to the General Printed Sailing and Fighting Instructions' 1779. (Manuscript)
1779-01-01
COR/61
Signal books: index to private ships' signals ca.1790. (Manuscript)
Circa 1790
COR/64/3
Signal books: index ca.1790. (Manuscript)
Circa 1790
COR/64/2
Signal books: 'Signal Book for the Ships of War' 1794. (Manuscript)
1794-01-01 - ?
COR/65
'Cornwallis's Retreat'. (Manuscript)
1795-01-01 - ?
COR/52
Official letter from Edmund Afflick. (Manuscript)
1782
COR/100/4/2
Official letter from Admiralty giving permission for Court Marshalls. (Manuscript)
1801-06-05
COR/100/4/1
Private letters received by Cornwallis 1761-1818: family letters from his brother Charles, the Governor General and some early letters from Nelson and others relating to politics. (Manuscript)
COR/58
Private letters received by Cornwallis 1761-1818: family letters, many from his brother James, later the Bishop of Lichfield, and some from naval friends giving information of current politics 1770-79. (Manuscript)
1770-01-01 - 1779-12-31
COR/57
Private letters received by Cornwallis 1761-1818: family letters and a few papers relating to official matters in the East Indies, information about domestic politics 1790-99. (Manuscript)
1790-01-01 - 1799-12-31
COR/59
Channel Squadron 1800-6: general letterbook May 1804-Feb 1806. (Manuscript)
1804-01-01 - 1806-12-31
COR/41
Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: relating chiefly to the blockade of Brest 27 Jun-12 Dec 1800. (Manuscript)
1800-01-01 - 1800-12-31
COR/7
Loose documents from journal of unknown author, 1822. (Manuscript)
1822-09-21 - 1822-11-16
COR/100/2/6
Loose pages from journal belonging to an unknown author written in 1821. (Manuscript)
1821-10-10 - 1822-08-14
COR/100/2/4
Channel Squadron 1800-6: general orderbook May 1803-Oct 1804. (Manuscript)
1803-01-01 - 1804-12-31
COR/47
A log of HMS MINERVA 1793 to 1794 which includes an account on HMS MINERVA blockaded the Port of Pondicherry while the army besieged the fort. (Manuscript)
1793-01-01 - 1794-04-24
COR/100/2/2
Channel Squadron 1800-6: general letterbook May 1803-4. (Manuscript)
1803-01-01 - 1804-12-31
COR/40
Channel Squadron 1800-6: Admiral's journal with signals May 1803-Oct 1804. (Manuscript)
1803-01-01 - 1804-12-31
COR/36
Channel Squadron 1800-6: Admiral's logbook VILLE DE PARIS 1802. (Manuscript)
1802-01-01 - ?
COR/35
Channel Squadron 1800-6: letterbook to the Admiralty 1801-2. (Manuscript)
1801-01-01 - 1802-12-31
COR/38
Letterbook belonging to William Cornwallis with transcriptions inside including letters to Lord Hood and a letter to Nelson. (Manuscript)
1789 - 1791
COR/100/3/1
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