Admiralty House, Simonstown. A History, by Noel Wright.

Admiralty House, Simonstown. A History, by Noel Wright, 1927.

ID:	XHIS/2
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1927
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Copies of Volumes and Documents- Xeroxes (Manuscript) Letter from Richard Haig, Greenwich Hospital to Mrs Coward, announcing that her son will be appointed Masters' Assistant in the Royal Navy. (Manuscript) (XADL/1) Certificate showing that Robert Walker, seaman, was a citizen of the U.S.A. to prevent him being impressed. (Manuscript) (XADL/2) Xerox copies of documents relating to naval administration, and a copy of a document relating to William Herschel's association with Halifax. (Manuscript) (XADL/3) Xerox copies of the Crew List of the DISCOVERY, and two typescript documents. (Manuscript) (XADL/4) John Jervis, holograph to Phillip Stephens, describing action against the French in the West Indies. (Manuscript) (XAGC/1) Viscount Keppel, holograph to Jervis, about charges made against him by Sir Hugh Palliser. (Manuscript) (XAGC/2) Viscount Horatio Nelson. Page of notes concerning appointments. (Manuscript) (XAGC/3) Viscount Horatio Nelson, letter to Sir William Botton concerning the movements of a Spanish frigate, HMS VICTORY. (Manuscript) (XAGC/4) Viscount Horatio Nelson. Letter to Sir Morton Eden concerning the political and military situation in Italy. (Manuscript) (XAGC/5) Prince Rupert, to Sir William Coventry from Sheerness; and Viscount Horatio Nelson to Lady Hamilton. (Manuscript) (XAGC/6) Archibald Buchanan. 15 letters to his mother and brothers written when midshipman on board HMS MONARCH and HMS ARIADNE. (Manuscript) (XAGC/7) The Spiro collection of Nelson letters and Lady Hamilton letters. (Manuscript) (XAGC/8) Viscount Horatio Nelson. instructions for the knighting of Admiral Thomas Graves. (Manuscript) (XAGC/9) Photocopy of a letter from the Chief Officer of the EMMA, to inform the brother of Commander George North of his death. (Manuscript) (XAGC/10) Photocopy of a letter from Admiral Von Tirpitz to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, discussing safety on submarines. (Manuscript) (XAGC/11) Photocopied letters of Newton Fowell, Midshipman, HMS SIRIUS. (Manuscript) (XAGC/12) Xerox of letter from Captain Vivian R. Brandon to his sister. (Manuscript) (XAGC/13) Xerox copies of 2 letters from Bletchley. (Manuscript) (XAGC/14) Photocopies of correspondence of John George, Royal Marine. (Manuscript) (XAGC/15) Lloyd's Register; Report Formula Papers 1859-60. (Manuscript) (XAML/1) Memorial of Phoebe Laing, widow of Thomas Laing, Master, listing his service as a merchant seaman. (Manuscript) (XAML/2) Documents re the SS ARDMORE, John Samuel Smith, Master. (Manuscript) (XAML/3) Photocopy of skipper's certificate of competency, number 20240, for Harold Gibbs. (Manuscript) (XAML/4) Includes letterbooks of Admiral Augustus Keppel, Daniel Weir, Commissary General and Henry Davis,Victualler to the British fleet. (Manuscript) (XAMS) Cargo book of S.B. Glencoe. (Manuscript) (XAMS/1) Papers of Lieutenant Edmond Miles. (Manuscript) (XBGY/1) Will of John Addey of Deptford. (Manuscript) (XBGY/2) Admiral Henry Wolsley Bayfield. Letter and memorial about his family; and a short family history. (Manuscript) (XBGY/3) Discharge certificate of seaman Edward Chamberlain, R.N. (Manuscript) (XBGY/4) Captain Ashby Utting, R.N.. Biography written by Commander W.E. May. (Manuscript) (XBGY/5) Minutes, correspondence and other papers of the Board of Longitude. (Manuscript) (XBLN/1-66) Map of river and town of St Mary's Georgia, U.S.A. Shows British camp and battle ground of 13 January 1815. (Manuscript) (XCMP/1) Map of prominent shipwrecks around the S.E. tip of Newfoundland. Also an illustrated account of the sinking of the ferry CARIBOU. (Manuscript) (XCMP/2) Henry Coventry. (Manuscript) (XCOV) Papers of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth 1745-1817. (Manuscript) (XDUC/1-16) Blank. (Manuscript) (XDUC/17) Blank. (Manuscript) (XDUC/18) Blank. (Manuscript) (XDUC/19) File containing photocopies of papers relating to Admiral John Thomas Duckworth. (Manuscript) (XDUC/20) File containing photocopies of papers relating to Admiral John Thomas Duckworth. (Manuscript) (XDUC/21) File containing photocopies of papers relating to Admiral John Thomas Duckworth. (Manuscript) (XDUC/22) Blank. (Manuscript) (XDUC/23) Blank. (Manuscript) (XDUC/24) Out letters to George Parker. (Manuscript) (XDUC/26) Blank. (Manuscript) (XDUC/30) In and out letterbook, 1793-95. (Manuscript) (XDUC/31) In and out letterbook, 1796-97. (Manuscript) (XDUC/32) In and out letterbook, 1796-99. (Manuscript) (XDUC/33) In and out letterbook, 1797-98. (Manuscript) (XDUC/34) Xeroxes of official out letters by Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth. (Manuscript) (XDUC/35/1-5) Out letterbook, 1806-12. (Manuscript) (XDUC/36) Out letterbook, 1810-11. (Manuscript) (XDUC/37) Out letterbook to the Admiralty, Newfoundland Station. (Manuscript) (XDUC/38) Order book, 1793-95. (Manuscript) (XDUC/39) Order book, 1796-97. (Manuscript) (XDUC/40) Order book, 1797-98. (Manuscript) (XDUC/41) Order book, orders issued, 1807-11. (Manuscript) (XDUC/42) Admiral's journal, Newfoundland, 1810-11. (Manuscript) (XDUC/43) Miscellaneous xerox copies, includes eight letters from John T B Duckworth to his mother. (Manuscript) (XDUC/44) Naval dispatches of Admiral Lord Alan Gardner, Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet. (Manuscript) (XGAR/1) Correspondence with Sir Andrew Cunningham, Rear Admiral Destroyers. (Manuscript) (XGRO/1) Letters from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. (Manuscript) (XGRO/2) Letters from various Admirals. (Manuscript) (XGRO/3) An early version of Baillie Grohman's memoirs. (Manuscript) (XGRO/4) Typescript of incidents in her history of HMS VIRAGO, by John Cross. (Manuscript) (XHIS/1) Admiralty House, Simonstown. A History, by Noel Wright. (Manuscript) (XHIS/2) Translation of an account of the attack on Solovetski monastery by British naval forces under Captain Erasmus Ommanney. (Manuscript) (XHIS/3) "The reminiscences of an emigrant to Australia in the early eighties", by Thomas Culver Wells. (Manuscript) (XHIS/4) "Handy - Billy Men. Windjammer Wanderings in the Now Deserted Sea Lanes", memoir of Wulff Rice. (Manuscript) (XHIS/5) "History and Movements of the Barkentine HAWAII..." BY Lee Roy Scott and Etna P. Scott. (Manuscript) (XHIS/6) "The History and Development of the Medical Services of HM Dockyard, Chatham, 1625-1966", a dissertation by Captain D.S. Wright. (Manuscript) (XHIS/7) Letter from Richard, Earl Howe to Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Curtis. (Manuscript) (XHOW/1) Anecdote told by the Swedish Ambassador in 1951 about the expedition of Admiral Saumarez to Gothenburg. (Manuscript) (XHSR/1) Letters relating to the SS HAIMUN, chartered by the "The Times" during the Russo-Japanese War. (Manuscript) (XHSR/Z) Journal of James Hopkins, passenger on the SCHOMBERG on her last voyage from Liverpool bound to Melbourne. (Manuscript) (XJOD/1) Diary kept by J.R. Glover on board HMS NORTHUMBERLAND WHILE CONVEYING Napoleon to St Helena. (Manuscript) (XJOD/2) Diary for the year 1797 kept by Phillip Bromfield, Elder Brother of Trinity House and ex-EIC captain. (Manuscript) (XJOD/3) Diary kept on board HMS REVENGE and HMS ELIZABETH in the Mediterranean. (Manuscript) (XJOD/4) Account of a journey from Brisbane to London, by James Edward Wilkinson. (Manuscript) (XJOD/5) Two journals kept by Isabella Mary Turner, recording voyages from London to Melbourne and Sydney to London. (Manuscript) (XJOD/6) Diary, J.W. Carmichael, marine painter kept during a visit to the Baltic to join the Royal Navy ships. (Manuscript) (XJOD/7) Account of a voyage to Sydney on board the RIALTO, 1883. (Manuscript) (XJOD/8) Xerox copy of the diary kept by Alexander Loudoun as a passenger on board the OPAWA, 1885-1886. (Manuscript) (XJOD/9) Xerox copy of a journal kept by Stoker Petty Officer Ellis Arthur Godfrey, 1915-1918. (Manuscript) (XJOD/10) Photocopied manuscript with transcript of a diary kept by Mrs Lavinia Catherine Adams, wife of Master mariner Robert Adams, on a voyage in the LADY ST JOHN, from Salcombe to Newfoundland, 1898. (Manuscript) (XJOD/11) Papers of Admiral Viscount Augustus Keppel. (Manuscript) (XKEP/X) Chatham Yard. Inspector's book, of William Weekes and Drawing Book of William and George Weekes. (Manuscript) (XLAD/1) Letterbook of Henry Davis, Victualler to the British Fleet in New York. (Manuscript) (XLBK/1) Letterbook of Daniel Weir, Commissary General of the British Forces at New York. (Manuscript) (XLBK/2) Xerox of volume kept by George Gould, Royal Marine, while on board HMS VULCAN. (Manuscript) (XLIT/1) Log of the JOSEPH GREEN of Peterhead. (Manuscript) (XLOG/M) Various documents relating to Commander Humphrey Page Madden. (Manuscript) (XMDN/1) Service papers of Commander W.H. Nares. (Manuscript) (XNAS/1) Letters and other papers of Vice-Admiral G.S. Nares. (Manuscript) (XNAS/2) G.S. Nares - various documents including a letter written to him by Henry Ponsonby, Queen Victoria's private secretary. (Manuscript) (XNAS/3) Various documents including an obituary note of Admiral Nares from the "Surbiton Times. (Manuscript) (XNAS/4) Notes on the THERMOPYLAE. (Manuscript) (XNOT/1) Biographical notes relating to the life of Commander William Pye, R.N. (Manuscript) (XNOT/2) Reminiscences of W.H. Bromley, C.P.O., Royal Navy during his service in the PRINCE OF WALES. (Manuscript) (XNOT/3) "Fragments from the Pepysian Library". Notes on "Fragments of Ancient English Shipwrightry", a work compiled by Mathew Baker and ?John Wells. (Manuscript) (XNOT/4) Paper entitled "Construcao Naval: Que Alianca?" by Richard Barker. (Manuscript) (XNOT/5) Copy transcripts of the memoirs of Commander A.M.Williams, D.S.C., C.B.E., R.N. (Manuscript) (XNOT/6) Papers of Flamsteed, Halley and Bradley. (Manuscript) (XORO/1-135) "Geografia e Astronomia Nautica". Mid fifteenth century. (Manuscript) (XP/1) "Catalogue of Ancient Ship and Boat Finds in Central and Northern Europe". (Manuscript) (XREC/1) "An Outline of the Maritime Ethnography of Annam" by Pierre Paris. (Manuscript) (XREC/2) Reminiscences of Phillip Henry Partridge, trawler skipper of Brixham. (Manuscript) (XREC/3) Xeroxes of Royal Observatory Greenwich, letters and documents, part one. (Manuscript) (XRSOC/1) Xeroxes of Royal Observatory Greenwich, letters and documents, part two. (Manuscript) (XRSOC/2) H. Chatfield, Master Shipwright; detailed report on the coast defence of Deptford Yard. (Manuscript) (XSCS/1) Article entitled "An Automatic Method for Boat Design", extracts from a book by Paul Adam. (Manuscript) (XSCS/2) List of vessels built by Cammel Laird Ltd. (Manuscript) (XSPB/1) Letters written by Owen Stanley to members of the family, before the departure of the RATTLESNAKE expedition. (Manuscript) (XSTA/1) A list of documents relating to Owen Stanley and his brother Charles Edward Stanley Captain R.E. (Manuscript) (XSTA/2) Transcript of the memoir of Captain Thomas Huskisson, written in 1836. (Manuscript) (XTRN/1) Walker, Sir Baldwin Wake, 1st Baronet, Admiral, 1802-1876. (Manuscript) (XWWL)

Admiralty House, Simonstown. A History, by Noel Wright.

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