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Horatio Nelson: rubbing of the inscription on Nelson's coffin, (formerly BGY/5/D/9).
Horatio Nelson: rubbing of the inscription on Nelson's coffin, (formerly BGY/5/D/9).
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Object Details
ID:
HSR/U/15
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Date made:
1806-01-01 - ?; 1806
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Ephemera (Manuscript)
Transferred to HSR/A/5. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/1)
Information about the Turkish decoration, superb aigrette, Constantinople, 3 November 1798. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/2)
John Senex: proposals for a new pair of globes, ca.1720. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/3)
French Renaissance illumination of 16th century showing Pope Clement I with the anchor with which he was martyred. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/4)
Signature and engraving of Sir Anthony Ashley, Bart, ca.1600. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/5)
Index to a naval letterbook, unidentified, ca.1745. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/6)
'The London Gazette', no.2142, 27-31 May 1686. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/7)
Receipt for the payment by Edmund Swanton of a tax granted for building thirty ships of war. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/8)
Grant of Arms to Admiral William Hotham as Baron Hotham of South Dalton, with the Seal of the King of Arms of All Ireland attached, dated 6 April 1797. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/9)
Petition to the Constable of Dover Castle from the Barons of the Cinque Ports to take part in the coronation of George IV, 1 July 1820. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/1)
Draft of a congratulatory address to George III on the occasion of the battle of Trafalgar by the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, 26 November 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/2)
Transferred to PUS/3. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/3)
Transferred to PUS/4. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/4)
Signature of Sir John Barrow, n.d. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/5)
A group of letters mounted on canvas, relating to the painting of Napoleon Bonaparte on board HMS BELLEROPHON in Plymouth Sound, by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, exhibited in 1815. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/6/1-2)
Lord Northesk, Coat of Arms, (formerly FD/49). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/7)
MARY ROSE ordnance. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/8)
Survey of the population of the Pitcairn Islands by Richard Thompson, 1837, (formerly SCN/5). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/9)
A table of the compass bearings and the distance from the headlands or harbours of the Isle of Man to the opposite headlands or harbour in the Channel. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/10)
Captain John I Graham, C.B.E.: a set of examination papers taken by Graham while a cadet in HMS BRITANNIA of which he later became Captain, (formerly BGY/3/3). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/11)
King George V: exercise book of King George V while a cadet in HMS BRITANNIA, 1877, (formerly BGY/3/4). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/12)
Ticket of admission to the funeral of Horatio Nelson, 1806 (formerly BGY/N/4). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/13)
Manuscript (HSR/U/14)
Two tickets of admission to the funeral of Horatio Nelson, 1806 (formerly BGY/5/D/2). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/14/A-B)
Horatio Nelson: rubbing of the inscription on Nelson's coffin, (formerly BGY/5/D/9). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/15)
Napier: coat of arms, in metal map chest in Library, (formerly BGY/5/A/11), n.d. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/16)
Mathematics examination paper, August 1858, no name of examining body given. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/17)
Invitation card to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 18 November 1852. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/18)
Part of a letter cover addressed to J Bates Esq., Brighton, from the Earl of Chichester, undated, 19th century. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/19)
Etching of Lord Nelson from a portrait by Hoppner; facsimile of Nelson's signature; autograph envelope to Lieutenant Robert Pettet, 17 March 1803. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/20)
List of views or maps of the West Indies, undated, 19th century. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/21)
'Route of HMS CAROLINE from Cork to India a.d. 1803', with a diagram of a mariner's compass, 1831. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/22)
Parish apprenticeship indenture binding James Stevens to Joseph Samuel Ship, owner of the ship LIBERTY; bill of sale of the snow STRANGER of Sunderland; deed of land sale in Australia. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/23)
Papers relating to the effects of Sir William Beatty: copy of the administrator's residuary account, 12 July 1842, and a statement regarding the 'fatal Ball which killed Lord Nelson', 16 May 1842. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/24)
Collections of covers, autographs and miscellania, 1810-43 and undated, including a cover in Nelson's hand to Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/25)
Scrap of paper containing a copy of a prayer, undated, and copies of letters, one signed Robert Tomlinson, 19 April 1813. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/26)
Portrait of Lord Nelson, drawn from life by Simon de Koster, 8 Dec 1800, engraved by James Stow. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/27)
"Method for determining the Longitude by an absolute altitude of the moon", addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by John Christian Bowring. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/28)
Description of a storm in the Bay of Scanderoon, circa 1820. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/30)
Ephemera (Foreign), 1800-1899 (Manuscript) (HSR/U/F)
Barograph record of HMS COLOSSUS, at the battle of Jutland, 14-20 May 1916, with a letter from A.L. Fletcher, Lt-Commander. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/1)
Programme for the review of the fleet by Edward VII, 31 July 1909 (proof copy). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/2)
Menu for the Guildhall luncheon for the ship's company of HMS LONDON, 6 July 1964, with a copy of Captain J.C. Bartosik's speech and an invitation card. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/3)
Order of ceremonial for unveiling the memorial to Adm-Fleet Earl Jellicoe and Adm-Fleet Earl Beatty, 21 Oct 1948 (booklet and press cutting). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/4)
Armistice telegram, 11 November 1918. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/5)
Collision between HMS PIONEER and HMS ORWELL, 1903. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/6)
Royal Academy Banquet, May 1909, HMS IMPLACABLE, round robin to the Admiralty asking for the preservation of HMS IMPLACABLE, (formerly FD/36). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/7)
Japanese Surrender: surrender of the Japanese forces at Hong Kong, signed by Rear-Admiral Cecil, M.J. Harcourt, Maj-Gen Umekichi Okada, and Vice-Admiral Ruritaro Fujitia, 16 September 1945, (formerly FD/58). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/8)
Signature of members on the Atlantic Charter, August 1941, (formerly FD/37). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/9)
King Charles of Austria-Hungary: holograph parole (in french); certificate transferring custody to the Governor of Madeira, photograph of King Charles and Queen Zita on HMS CARDIFF, 1921. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/10)
Sir Percy Noble, Adm: recollections of Queen Victoria's funeral, 1901, (formerly BGY/N/2). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/11)
H.M. King George VI: address at the opening of the National Maritime Museum. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/12)
Press cuttings, 4 January-17 March 1950, relating to the loss of the submarine TRUCULENT, 12 January 1950. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/13)
Press cuttings relating to polar exploration, ca.1904-31, possibly collected by Robert M. Harring. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/14)
Christmas Day menu, HMS HOOD, 1935. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/15)
Certificate of award for the SS Beaver medal, number 11676, 2nd November 2004, to the National Maritime Museum. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/16)
Postcard written by Ernest Shackleton, 1909 and three programmes, HMS ARTOIS, 1918. (Manuscript ephemera) (HSR/V/17)
Shackleton Ephemera (Manuscript) (HSR/V/18)
Sketch showing the German light cruiser MAINZ sinking, 28 August 1914. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/19)
Christmas card sent by the artist John Worsley, 1939. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/20)
Temperature and Salinity Observations from the Voyage of the DISCOVERY, 1901-1904. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/21)
Wireless equipment receiving licences. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/22)
Naval Christmas Cards from officers on board ships to Commander John Henry Pipe. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/23)
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