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Six mementos relating to Sir George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal, 1835-1881
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ID:
HSR/Z/44/1-6
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Date made:
1823 - 1911
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Airy Collection
Measurements:
6 items
Parts:
Records And Descriptions relating to Historical Events (Manuscript)
Battle of Trafalgar: including a piece of wood from the deck of HMS VICTORY and a ticket of admission to Nelson's funeral. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/1)
Benin Expedition: press cuttings and various letters. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/2)
Raid on Zeebrugge, 22-23 Apr 1918: chart, watercolours and press cuttings of Capt Nevil Pritchard. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/3)
British military authority banknote and five Japanese banknotes for use in occupied Indonesia, 1939-1945. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/4)
Mark Robinson: documents issued by and to, consisting of flag signals, lantern signal, secret rendezvous, orders of battle and sailing instructions and special signals. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/5)
Account of the Battle of Camperdown by Joseph Brodie, 11 Oct 1797. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/6)
Sir Edward Littleton: various correspondence. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/7)
J.M. Matria, Consul-General at Tangier: various letters. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/8)
Naval Volunteer Home Defence Association: minutes, leaflets and letters relating to the dissolution of the Association. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/9)
Wreck of the ROYAL GEORGE and EDGAR: sketches of operation for raising by Col Sir C. Pasley, 1839-40. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/10)
Various documents including a report on surveying of the Persian Gulf by George H. Bruck, surveyor to the H.E.I.C. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/11)
Documents relating to the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/12)
Documents relating to the Rochefort Expedition, 1757. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/13)
Mrs Maud Berridge: various papers and photographs. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/14)
Captain Hugh Campbell: Captain of the Royal Naval College, of HMS UNDAUNTED, and of HMS BELLEROPHON: various papers. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/15)
Horatio Nelson: documents of authenticity of Nelson relics presented to Greenwich Hospital, 1845-46; documents regarding probate of Nelson's last codicil, 1806. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/16)
Documents relating to Horatio Nelson (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/17)
Horatio Nelson: correspondence regarding Nelson's dress sword and newspaper cuttings containing other references to Nelson relics, 1844-56. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/18)
Sir Edward Inglefield, Rear-Adm: correspondence relating to the proposed memorial on the Isle of Wight to Admiral Earl Jellicoe; correspondence of Commander Aubrey F. Inglefield on the same subject. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/19)
Captain John Pilford: various documents. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/20)
Captain James Cranstoun: various documents. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/21)
Captain William Lechmere: collection of orders, signals, instructions and letters, some signed 'Nelson and Bronte'. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/22)
Harrison's chronometers: folder containing early 20th century working drawings of Harrison's No. 3 timekeeper; and diagrams of escape wheels of H2 and H3 by RT Gould, 1931-37. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/23)
Various documents including manuscript copy of Departmental Court of Enquiry held at Upnor Castle into the fire in the Shifting Room. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/24)
Miscellaneous collection of papers. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/25)
Collection of miscellaneous naval documents. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/26)
Papers of G.R. Askwith relating to the controversy over the America's Cup Races of 1894-95 (DEFENDER against VALKYRIE) (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/27)
Collection of miscellaneous naval documents, 1613-1824 relating to various people. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/28)
Correspondence relating to the role of the ERZHERZOG FRANZ FERDINAND (1899) in taking Russian refugees from Basra to Vladivostok in 1921. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/29)
Papers of Mrs Marion Woolcott (nee Wright), 1885-1965, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/30)
Papers relating to Richard Bell and the model of KOPENHAVN. (letter) (HSR/Z/31)
Certificates and character references belonging to Albert Norris, Engineer (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/32)
Letters relating to the Nore Mutiny of 1797, including a letter from Richard Parker, leader of the Mutineers (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/33)
Account of a hurricane experienced by Captain Charles Dudley Parker, HMS THISBE. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/34)
Records relating to Edmond Halley's visit to Saint Helena in 1677-1678 (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/35)
Small collection of personal papers of Vice Admiral Sir James M. Pipon KBE, CB (1882-1971) (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/36)
Small collection of items relating to Henry Downes and HMS BLACK JOKE (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/37)
Papers of Lieutenant Cyril Corbet relating to the transit of Venus expedition, 1874. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/38)
The Jacob Birnbaum Titanic Collection (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/39)
Gulliver, Donald James (Nurse), 1938-1991. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/40)
White, Walter (1841-1917), Petty Officer, HMS SCOUT, East Indies, China and Indian Mutiny (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/41)
Burning of Smyrna, September 1922. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/42)
Battle of Sevastopol, 17 October 1859. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/43)
Six mementos relating to Sir George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal, 1835-1881 (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/44/1-6)
Letter from Captain Henry Kellett to Sir John Barrow about his voyage on HMS RESOLUTE and volume of the Zoology of the Voyage of HMS HERALD. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/45)
Press cuttings and typescript article on the loss of the BRITANNIA, and related photographs, 1941. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/46)
McClure Arctic Expedition. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/47)
Papers relating to David Lawson, master of SS FRESHFIELD which was lost at sea in 1905 (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/49)
Document listing reasons not to have a governor in Newfoundland and the destruction of fishing trade. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/50)
Index book of Masters including those employed by the East India Company and an index book of East India Company ships. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/51)
Plan of occupation and administration for Naval Arsenal Kiel, 1945 and post-war. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/52)
Papers written by Robert Falcon Scott, relating to the DISCOVERY, 1902-1904, and photocopies of related documents (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/53)
List of Danish ships captured, a letter from British Prisoner of War and a Masonic Certificate (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/54)
Official despatches (in a volume) and plans of the Battle of Jutland (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/55)
Nine photographs by Edward Leicester Atkinson of Scott Antarctic expedition, 1902 and a Zoology book signed by Edward Leicester Atkinson (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/56)
Papers relating to the case of Captain Stanley Lord (1878-1962) of the SS CALIFORNIAN and its involvement in the TITANIC disaster in 1912. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/57)
Collision between HMS GLADIATOR and US Mail steamer ST PAUL off the Isle of Wight, 25 April 1908. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/58)
William Thomas Kerley, Assistant Steward, RMS TITANIC letter and other personal items. (Manuscript) (HSR/Z/59)
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