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Biographical notes relating to the life of Commander William Pye, R.N.

Biographical notes relating to the life of Commander William Pye, R.N., with notes on his branch of the Pye family. Also a colour photograph of a portrait of Pye, ca1811.

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ID:	XNOT/2
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1785-01-01 - 1876-12-31; 1785-1876 1785-1876-12-31
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)

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