London Marathon this Sunday

Cutty Sark will be closed on Sunday 27 April until 2pm due to the London Marathon. All other sites are open to visitors and spectators as normal, but please check road closures before you travel and allow extra time as the area will be busy. Parking at the National Maritime Museum is unavailable all day.

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Captain Barton to Nelson, Portsmouth, 24 August 1803, about promotion for his son in the HMS VICTORY

Captain Barton to Nelson, Portsmouth, 24 August 1803, about promotion for his son in the HMS VICTORY

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ID:	CRK/2/8
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Phillipps-Croker
Date made:	1803-08-24
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	A series of letters to Nelson from people whose surnames begin with B, 1800-1804. (Manuscript) Captain Sir Robert Barlow (1757-1843), Captain of the HMS TRIUMPH in the Mediterranean under Nelson, later Admiral. Barlow to Nelson, HMS TRIUMPH at sea, 25 August 1803, (Manuscript) (CRK/2/1) Captain Sir Robert Barlow (1757-1843), Captain of the HMS TRIUMPH in the Mediterranean under Nelson, later Admiral. Barlow to Nelson, HMS TRIUMPH off Tangiers, 5 October 1803, (Manuscript) (CRK/2/2) Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), botanist who sailed with Cook and later became president of the Royal Society. Banks to Nelson, Soho Square 8 August 1803, will offer the sculpture you captured to the government (Manuscript) (CRK/2/3) Barber & Clay to Nelson, London, 5 January 1801 about a new jacket for the use of seamen (Manuscript) (CRK/2/4) Peter Barclay to Nelson, Manse of Kettle, 5 September 1801, about his son Robert, on board the HMS ANSON in the Downs (Manuscript) (CRK/2/5) Peter Barclay to Nelson, Manse of Kettle, 30 April 1804, about advancing his son (Manuscript) (CRK/2/6) John Barry to Nelson, Bedford Square, 21 November 1800, an acquaintance who knew him at the English harbour Antigua, offering congratulations (Manuscript) (CRK/2/7) Captain Barton to Nelson, Portsmouth, 24 August 1803, about promotion for his son in the HMS VICTORY (Manuscript) (CRK/2/8) Captain Bathurst to Nelson, HMS EURYDICE, Spithead, 2 October 1801, expects the ship to be ready by 8 October 1801 (Manuscript) (CRK/2/9) Lieutenant Baugh to Nelson, Downs, 29 August 1801, for a survey on the HMS LOCUST (Manuscript) (CRK/2/10) Lieutenant Baugh to Nelson, HMS LOCUST, 9 September 1801, Pilots refuse to go to the French coast until new cables are supplied (Manuscript) (CRK/2/11) Mr Wolsey Bayfield to Nelson, at Grays Inn, 13 March 1803, volunteering to serve as a landsman (Manuscript) (CRK/2/12) Lieutenant Henry Baretti (d.1820), son of Colonel Baretti, a friend of Nelson's brother Maurice, when he served on Lord Moira's staff. Baretti to Nelson, HM Gun Brig PLUMPER, Downes, 29 August 1801, request for a survey on a bower cable (Manuscript) (CRK/2/13) Lieutenant Henry Baretti (d.1820), son of Colonel Baretti, HM Gun Brig PLUMPER, Downes, 30 August 1801, request to replace second master and pilot (Manuscript) (CRK/2/14) Lieutenant Henry Baretti (d.1820), son of Colonel Baretti, HM Gun Brig PLUMPER, Downes, 9 September 1801, request for help in getting a better ship, enclosing letter from Commissioner Coffin (Manuscript) (CRK/2/15) Colonel Baretti, father of Lieutenant Henry Baretti and friend of Nelson's brother Maurice, when he served on Lord Moira's staff. Baretti Senior to Nelson, Southampton, 11 September 1801, thanks for letter regarding my son's conduct, wish for a better ship for him (Manuscript) (CRK/2/16) Colonel Baretti, Senior to Commissioner Coffin, 8 September 1801, request for his son to have the HM gun brig BOLD (Manuscript) (CRK/2/17) Mr Benjamin Baynton, son Benjamin became lieutenant in 1810 (d.1854). Baynton to Nelson, Brompton, 9 May 1803, commend my son for HMS VICTORY, recommend another young man (Manuscript) (CRK/2/18) Mr Benjamin Baynton, son Benjamin became lieutenant in 1810 (d.1854). Baynton to Nelson, London, 10 June 1803, arrangements for paying an allowance to my son (Manuscript) (CRK/2/19) Mr Benjamin Baynton, son Benjamin became lieutenant in 1810 (d.1854). Baynton to Nelson, London, 29 September 1803, thanks for promoting son to midshipman on the HMS AMPHION (Manuscript) (CRK/2/20)

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