Tucker family papers

The papers are primarily concerned with the career of Benjamin Tucker during his employment with Earl St Vincent and in his role as Surveyor General of the Duchy of Cornwall. A substantial part also relate to the naval career of John Jervis Tucker, especially his service on HMS DUBLIN, and his ownership of Trematon Castle, Cornwall, after his father's death.

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ID:	TUC
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1782-1888
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	5 boxes and 2 folders
Parts:	Tucker family papers Earl of St Vincent accounts with Benjamin Tucker: 14 November 1798-20 January 1800 (2 items); 21 Jan-31 Dec 1800; and 1 January-30 June 1801 (Manuscript) (TUC/1) Manuscript (TUC/2) Volumes of Benjamin Tucker including list of ships, copy warrant, accounts and reports. (Manuscript) (TUC/3-8) Letters to Bejamin Tucker, contracts, account sheet, receipts and duty list. (Manuscript) (TUC/9-13) Letter to Benjamin Tucker and receipts 1799 - 1804 (Manuscript) (TUC/14-15) Letters from and to Benjamin Tucker 1818 - 1847 (Manuscript) (TUC/16-17) Letters from Earl St Vincent to different members of the Tucker family 1808 - 1842 (Manuscript) (TUC/18-22) Letters, salary, and fees of Benjamin Tucker. (Manuscript) (TUC/23-33) Letters from various correspondents to and from Benjamin Tucker including survey of Bradridge with list of dimensions. (Manuscript) (TUC/34-40) Letter from Benjamin Tucker and copy of a will and codicil of Benjamin Tucker (Manuscript) (TUC/41-42) Letter from John Jervis Tucker to FF Berkeley, Admiralty, 5 June 1854 re: the advancement of his career (Manuscript) (TUC/43) Letters from the Commissioners of the Admiralty re: appointments of John Jervis Tucker 1823 - 1860 (Manuscript) (TUC/44) References certifying John Jervis Tucker's service aboard ship, including: Volunteer, First Class, HMS ST GEORGE, 19 Aug-11 September 1815; Volunteer, First Class, HMS PACTOLUS, 12 February 1816-9 August 1817; and Midshipman, HMS CAMELEON, 30 June 1821-9 January 1822 (Manuscript) (TUC/45) Handwritten summary of John Jervis Tucker's naval career, 19 August 1815-12 September 1822 (Manuscript) (TUC/46) Examination certificate from the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, awarded to John Jervis Tucker, Volunteer, for mathematics and the theory of navigation, 8 Oct 1817 (Manuscript) (TUC/47) Certificates of appointments from the Commissioners of the Admiralty to John Jervis Tucker (Manuscript) (TUC/48) Lieutenant John Jervis Tucker's Watch Station and Quarter Bill, HMS THETIS, Vera Cruz, 25 January 1824. Bound volume (Manuscript) (TUC/49) Journal of John Jervis Tucker, Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard, 1 July 1854-6 November 1856 (Manuscript) (TUC/50) Letters Patent issued to John Jervis Tucker and George Blaxland re: improvements in a steam boiler and other furnaces, 1857 (Manuscript) (TUC/51) Letterbook of Captain John Jervis Tucker, HMS DUBLIN, 1827-1844, with newspaper cuttings and a letter to Tucker from Robert Hughes, 14 November 1843 (Manuscript) (TUC/52) Letters from and to John Jervis Tucker. (Manuscript) (TUC/53-75) Letters from John Jervis Tucker and certificate of appointment. (Manuscript) (TUC/76-79) Letter notes and case notes of John Jervis Tucker. (Manuscript) (TUC/80-92) Letter from John Jervis to members of his family including account sheet of domestic wares. (Manuscript) (TUC/93-97) Letter of Attorney - appointment of Uncle Benjamin Tucker, Saltash, Cornwall, ship carpenter as attorney of John Stafford Tucker, 18 June 1766 (Manuscript) (TUC/98) Letters from Joseph Tucker to members of his family and two sheets of notes on the French Navy (Manuscript) (TUC/99-101) Administration and will of the goods of Anne Tucker' (seond wife and widow of Benjamin Tucker), 8 May 1852 (Manuscript) (TUC/102) Legal documents and letters of Jedediah Stephens Tucker. (Manuscript) (TUC/103-107) Letters, passport and indenture of the Tucker family. (Manuscript) (TUC/108-110) Certificates appointing Jervis Tucker as Second Lieutenant of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 11 April 1854, and First Lieutenant of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 24 August 1854 (Manuscript) (TUC/111) Printed letters re: the partnership of Messrs Charles and Joseph Lyne under the firm of Horne Sill Lynes & Wilson, 30 Jun-1 July 1794 (association unclear as Benjamin Tucker's mother's family and wife's family both had the surname Lyne) (Manuscript) (TUC/112)

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