Captain Sir Edward Berry (1768-1831), Nelson's flag captain at the Nile in HMS VANGUARD, later Vice Admiral. Berry to Nelson, HMS RUBY, 21 May 1801, request for a survey on a Boatswain

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ID:	CRK/2/41
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Phillipps-Croker
Date made:	1801-05-21
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	A series of letter to Nelson from people whose surname begins with B such as Captain Berry and Rear Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 1797 - 1805. (Manuscript) Captain Sir Edward Berry (1768-1831), Nelson's flag captain at the Nile in HMS VANGUARD, later Vice Admiral. Berry to Nelson, HMS RUBY, 21 May 1801, request for a survey on a Boatswain (Manuscript) (CRK/2/41) Captain Sir Edward Berry HMS VANGUARD to Nelson HMS RUBY, off Yarmouth, 20 July 1801, poor quality of the crew, Nelson his only real friend, state of his ship, request to speak to Troubridge at the Admiralty. (Manuscript) (CRK/2/42) Captain Sir Edward Berry Nelson's flag captain at the Nile in HMS VANGUARD, to Nelson, HMS RUBY, 9 August 1801, request for a sick ticket for lieutenant Gibson (Manuscript) (CRK/2/43) Berry to Nelson, HMS RUBY, Hoseley Bay, 31 August 1801, visited by Lady Berry, William and Tom Bolton, request for discharge for three maltese seamen who wish to return home (Manuscript) (CRK/2/44) Berry to Nelson, Catton Grove, 1 March 1804, happy to be ashore, no hope for employment, spent an evening with Lady Hamilton and Admiral and Mrs Lutwidge, questions the system of blockading, Davison completely laid up with the gout. (Manuscript) (CRK/2/45) Berry to Nelson,1804, wish to be under your command, views on attempt to burn flotilla at Boulogne, enquired after Tom Allen at the Lord Nelson in Fakenham (Manuscript) (CRK/2/46) Samuel Beach to Nelson, Newgate, 16 November 1802, formerly with Nelson at the Nile and Boulogne, request you to intercede for a mitigation of my punishment (Manuscript) (CRK/2/47) Mr Bedingfield to Nelson, Navy Pay Office, 18 August 1801, about an invention of creating flame without flint or fire (Manuscript) (CRK/2/48) Frances Bedingfield to Nelson, Oxbro Hall [Norfolk] 8 October 1804, thanks for promoting son to Lieutenant (Manuscript) (CRK/2/49) Mr Geo Bell to Nelson, 21 July 1805, acting surgeon, about the possession of our naval signals by the French and Spanish, proposing an improved arrangement (Manuscript) (CRK/2/50) Lieutenant William Bellew (d.1826) to Nelson, HMS SATURN, 15 May 1801, requesting leave to return to England (Manuscript) (CRK/2/51) John Belson to Nelson, Ludgate Hill, 4 September 1800, request for assistance (Manuscript) (CRK/2/52) Gilbert Beresford to Nelson, Bruton Street [London], 20 November 1800, requesting support in election as preacher at the asylum (Manuscript) (CRK/2/53) Mr Berge to Nelson, London, 29 August 1801, sent you a two foot telescope covered with leather directed to Mr Gardner, signal midshipman of HMS MEDUSA (Manuscript) (CRK/2/54) Jacob Bering, Inconstant, [no date ?1797] volunteer requesting a passge to Gibraltar on the DIDO, having Captain Freemantle's permission (Manuscript) (CRK/2/55) Bickerton to Nelson, HMS KENT, off Toulon, 8 July 1803, transmitting a copy of letter from Briggs, British consul at Alexandria about recent transactions there. (Manuscript) (CRK/2/56) Bickerton to Nelson, Malta, 4 January 1804, spent Christmas with my wife, laid buoys in the harbour, repairs to my ship underway, have promised a convoy for Governor Balls corn ships in February (Manuscript) (CRK/2/57) Bickerton to Nelson, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, at sea, 25 January 1804, hope for success in pursuit of the French before they can return to Toulon, Naples or Sicily a more likely destination for them than Europe. (Manuscript) (CRK/2/58) Bickerton to Nelson, HMS KENT, at sea, 13 March 1804, apprehension that the enemy might escape, rolled heavily in the gale last night but observed HMS VICTORY to be quite steady (Manuscript) (CRK/2/59) Bickerton to Nelson, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, at sea, 26 April 1805, thanks for mention of me to Lord Melville, views on likely objects of the enemy's attacks, request for a passage home from Malta for Lady Bickerton (Manuscript) (CRK/2/60)

Captain Sir Edward Berry (1768-1831), Nelson's flag captain at the Nile in HMS VANGUARD, later Vice Admiral. Berry to Nelson, HMS RUBY, 21 May 1801, request for a survey on a Boatswain

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