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Commodore Montieser, HMS REVERIE, to Commander Francis Reginald Purvis, HMS PANTALOON, 5 March 1864, enclosing a copy of a letter from William Romaine, Admiralty Office to Vice- Admiral Kulper (25 January 1864) (Manuscript)
1864-03-05 - ?
PRV/61/3
E.H. Fyers to Retired Lieutenant- Commander Archibald Richard Fortescue Purvis, 23 February 1935, John Child Purvis's collection of papers (Manuscript)
1935-02-23
PRV/62/5
Letters, 1807 (Manuscript)
1807-01-01 - ?
PRV/39
Collingwood, HMS OCEAN, off Minorca, to J.H Frere, HM minister, Seville, 16 March 1809, (copy), Brest and Toulon Fleets (Manuscript)
1809-03-16 - ?
PRV/55/4
Jose de Lopez Souza, The Governor of Algarve, Villa Real, to Count Monteiro, 14 May 1807 (translation) (Manuscript)
1807-05-13 - ?
PRV/51/1
Admiralty Office, 23 May 1807, to Collingwood, off Cadiz (HMS OCEAN), (Duplicate), letter relative to the fleets detachment from the channel in case enemy ships escape (Manuscript)
1807-05-23
PRV/51/3
Admiralty Office to Purvis, off Cadiz, 24 May 1808, attack on a convoy of enemy ships near Trafalgar. (Manuscript)
1808-05-24
PRV/53/3
Sir John Gore, HMS REVENGE, at anchor off Cadiz, to Purvis, off Cadiz, 10 May 1808, Intelligence, insurrection in Spain (Manuscript)
1808-05-10 - ?
PRV/53/1
Admiralty to Purvis, 26 September 1807 (Manuscript)
1807-09-26
PRV/56/5
Navy Board to Purvis, off Cadiz, 17 July 1809, stores supplied (Manuscript)
1809-07-17 - ?
PRV/56/2
Admiral Villavicencio to Purvis, 17 April 1810, transporting French prisoners to the Canary Islands (Manuscript)
1810-04-17 - ?
PRV/58/2
Wellington, Seville, to Purvis (Cadiz), 15 September 1809, re his return to England by ship (Manuscript)
1809-09-15 - ?
PRV/56/4
Admiralty Office (2nd secretary John Barrow) to Purvis, Cadiz, 18 July 1809, stores (Manuscript)
1809-07-18
PRV/56/3
Report in Gazette Extraordinary of the Government, Joaquin Blake to Antonio Cordet, 22 June 1809, relates the cowardly behaviour of his army in action with French. (Manuscript)
1809-06-22
PRV/56/1
Lord Henry Paulet, HMS TERRIBLE (Gibraltar Bay), to Purvis, 25 November 1807, actions of Lieutenant McKenzie off Gibraltar. (Manuscript)
1807-11-25
PRV/51/18
Lord Strangford, Lisbon, 31 May 1807 to Collingwood, seizure of a Portuguese Brig in the harbour of Villa Real (Manuscript)
1807-05-31
PRV/51/5
Captain Hood to Purvis, at sea, 22 December 1797, a letter (Manuscript)
1797-12-22
PRV/49/7
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
Translation and Spanish Order of Junta of Asturias giving powers to enter into treaties with England and Spain, 25 May 1808. (Manuscript)
1808-05-25
PRV/53/5
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
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