Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825.

The papers consist of logs and admiral's journals for the years 1761 to 1763, 1778 to 1783 and 1793 to 1810, letter and order books, 1781 to 1783 and 1793 to 1810, and correspondence and loose papers, including some letters with the Spanish authorities, mostly 1806 to 1810. There is also an autobiographical essay. The letters to Purvis from Collingwood were extracted from the collection and sold separately in 1955 and were not purchased by the Museum. There are also some papers relating to Purvis's son, Lieutenant Richard Fortescue Purvis, 1806 to 1817.