Letterbooks and orderbook of HRH Prince William Henry while Captain of HMS PEGASUS 1786, HMS Andromeda 1788 and as Rear Admiral, commanded HMS Valiant.

Letter and order book of HRH Prince William Henry containing copies of orders and letters received and of orders and letters delivered (in the back) while Captain of HMS PEGASUS 1786, HMS Andromeda 1788 and as Rear Admiral, commanded HMS Valiant. This Letterbook dates from 18 March 1786 to 2 April 1788. An important and interesting record of the service of the future King off the coast of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and in the Saint Lawrence as well as on the West Indian Station. In the West Indies he was under the orders of Nelson, and the volume contains copies of the official correspondence between them; some of this relates to the Prince's differences with his first Lieutenant Issac Schomberg. Nelson thought highly of the capabilities of the Prince as a naval officer and a friendship sprang up between them which lasted through life.

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ID:	LBK/33
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1786-01-01 - 1788-12-31; 1786-03-18 - 1788-04-02 1786-1788
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 volume
Parts:	Letterbooks (Manuscript) Sir John Narborough's letterbook containing contemporary copies of letters. (Manuscript) (LBK/1) Admiral John Borlase Warren's letterbook containing correspondence with Lord Melville. (Manuscript) (LBK/2) Letterbook containing correspondence of Sir Anthony Deane. (Manuscript) (LBK/3) Letterbook containing correspondence of Robert Dundas. (Manuscript) (LBK/4) Letterbook of Captain Robert Ramsay. (Manuscript) (LBK/5) Lady Hamilton's correspondence with the Honorable Charles Francis Greville (originals). (Manuscript) (LBK/6) Lady Emma Hamilton's correspondence with Alexander Davison (originals). (Manuscript) (LBK/7) Letterbook of the official correspondence of Samuel Pepys, some shorthand (copies). (Manuscript) (LBK/8) Private letterbook kept by Robert Deans while serving as midshipman on ROYAL SOVEREIGN (copies). (Manuscript) (LBK/9) Copies of letters of Edward Hawke Locker, 1811-1816. (Manuscript) (LBK/10/1-2) Letterbook containing the correspondence of Admiral Thomas Sotheby (fl.1783-1809). (Manuscript) (LBK/11) Private letterbook kept by a naval officer. (Manuscript) (LBK/12) Letterbook of Captain John Richards Lapenotiere (1770-1834) in HMS ORESTES. (Manuscript) (LBK/13) Letterbook of Captain Erasmus Ommaney (1814-1904). (Manuscript) (LBK/14) Letterbook of Lord Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810), correspondence with Sir Edward Blackett. (Manuscript) (LBK/15) Letterbook of Captain Michael Seymour in HMS VINDICTIVE (Manuscript) (LBK/16) Letterbooks of Commander Joseph Chappell Woollnough, 1785-1839. (Manuscript) (LBK/17) Letterbook of Commodore Martin in HMS PRINCE REGENT. (Manuscript) (LBK/18) Letterbook of Commodore Martin in HMS PRINCE REGENT. (Manuscript) (LBK/19) Letterbook of Captain H G Morris. (Manuscript) (LBK/20) Letterbook (contempory copies) kept by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose, KCB, KCMG (1759-1830). (Manuscript) (LBK/21) Letterbook and records kept by John Pearse, Commander of HEIC EDGECOTE. (Manuscript) (LBK/22) Letterbook (contemporary copies of letters sent and received) kept by the Honourable Captain Walter Cecil Carpenter. (Manuscript) (LBK/23) Letterbook (contemporary copies) of Captain J Pulling. (Manuscript) (LBK/24) Letterbook kept by Captain Frederick H. H. Glasse. (Manuscript) (LBK/25) Letterbook (contemporary copies) kept by Captain Edward Riou, HMS AMAZON and letters kept by Captain Samuel Sutton, HMS AMAZON until 1802. (Manuscript) (LBK/27) Letterbook (contemporary copies) kept by Commander John Clavell, HMS CHAMPION. (Manuscript) (LBK/28) Letterbook (contemporary copies) kept by Robert Roddam, Admiral (1719-1808). (Manuscript) (LBK/29) Letterbooks (contemporary copies) of correspondence between Commander John Clavell and Commander Richard Byron. (Manuscript) (LBK/30) Letterbook kept by Captain Piercy Brett (1709-1781), HMS LYON. (Manuscript) (LBK/31) Letterbook (contemporary copies) kept by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle (1775-1858). (Manuscript) (LBK/32) Letterbooks and orderbook of HRH Prince William Henry while Captain of HMS PEGASUS 1786, HMS Andromeda 1788 and as Rear Admiral, commanded HMS Valiant. (Manuscript) (LBK/33) Letterbooks (originals) of Commander Richard Byron (1841-44). (Manuscript) (LBK/34) Capt Piercy Brett (Manuscript) (LBK/35) Letterbooks of Admiral G Berkeley (1809-10). (Manuscript) (LBK/36) Letterbooks of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget (1801-3). (Manuscript) (LBK/37) Letterbook of Captain Edward Rotheram, (1799-1808). (Manuscript) (LBK/38) Letterbook of Sir W C Pell (1835-1837). (Manuscript) (LBK/39) Sir Henry P Mulgrave letters to Lord Collingwood (1807-1809). (Manuscript) (LBK/40) Letterbook of Dr McIlroy, HMS PERSIAN (1841-43). (Manuscript) (LBK/41) Letterbook of Admiral Sir Houston Stewart (1855-57). (Manuscript) (LBK/42) Letterbook of Vice-Admiral John Baker (1707-12). (Manuscript) (LBK/44) Letterbook of Lt-Commander Grey in HMS SHROPSHIRE (1877-81). (Manuscript) (LBK/45) Letterbook of Lt-Commander Grey in HMS FANTOME (1883-84). (Manuscript) (LBK/46) Letterbook of the Duke of Albermarle (1665-66). (Manuscript) (LBK/47) Letters of Admiral George Monk, later Duke of Albermarle (1652-63). (Manuscript) (LBK/48) Letters from King James II to Lord Dartmouth and from the Prince of Orange (1679-89). (Manuscript) (LBK/49) Letters from Lady Hamilton to the Rt Hon. George Rose (1805-14). (Manuscript) (LBK/50) Letter and orderbook of Admiral John Giffard (1791-1806). (Manuscript) (LBK/51) Letterbook of H W Harvey, marine surveyor and naval architect (1922-23). (Manuscript) (LBK/52) Letter and orderbook of Rear-Admiral John Tollemache kept while Captain of the REPULSE, MONMOUTH and TIGRE (1809-15). (Manuscript) (LBK/53) Letterbook of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel regarding his machinery, (1806-11). (Manuscript) (LBK/54) Letterbooks - Lt George Thorp (Manuscript) (LBK/55) Capt Armand T Powlett (Manuscript) (LBK/56) Capt John Dick (later Adm) (Manuscript) (LBK/57) Sir Philip Broke (Manuscript) (LBK/58) Captain's letterbook, HMS HELICON. (Manuscript) (LBK/59) Letterbook of Captain Edward Chetham, HMS LEYDEN, HAMADRYAD, LEANDER; as Resident Commissioner of Portsmouth Dockyard. (Manuscript) (LBK/60) Letterbook of Captain Henry Kellett, HMS HERALD. (Manuscript) (LBK/61) Copies of letters and memos, Coastguard Service, Penzance Division. (Manuscript) (LBK/62) Letterbook of Captain Cornwallis, the PRINCE EDWARD. (Manuscript) (LBK/63) Letterbook and printed circulars, 1836-1862. (Manuscript) (LBK/64) Sir John Barrow (Manuscript) (LBK/65) Letterbook kept by Thomas Staveley Longstaff, Captain of the ELLICE. (Manuscript) (LBK/66) Letterbook of Commandere J Toup Nicholas, HMS VINDICTIVE. (Manuscript) (LBK/67) Letterbook of Captain Frederic Warren. (Manuscript) (LBK/68) Letterbook of Captain John Bull, Falmouth Packet Service. (Manuscript) (LBK/69) Letterbook of John Jervis, Earl St Vincent. (Manuscript) (LBK/70) Letterbooks of Captain Richard Purvis, HMS RACOON. (Manuscript) (LBK/71) Letterbooks of Captain A C Hobart, HMS FOXHOUND. (Manuscript) (LBK/72) Letterbooks of Rear-Admiral George Elliot and Rear-Admiral R F Stopford, ROYAL ALBERT. (Manuscript) (LBK/73) Autographed letters from Admiral Sir George Rooke. (Manuscript) (LBK/74) Letterbooks of Henry Fletcher & Son, Shadwell Dock. (Manuscript) (LBK/75) Letterbook of Thomas Gray, Permanent Assistant Secretary of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade (Manuscript) (LBK/76) Letters relating to the career of Sir Francis Collier. (Manuscript) (LBK/77) Copies of letters from John Ruskin, author to Robert C Leslie, marine painter and author. (Manuscript) (LBK/78) Letterbooks of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour during the Second China War (Manuscript) (LBK/79) Correspondence between Empress Catherine II of Russia and Admiral Sir Charles Knowles. (Manuscript) (LBK/80) Prince William Henry (the future King William IV) (Manuscript) (LBK/81) Letterbooks kept by Admiral John Bythesea (1827-1906), between 1876 and 1878. (Manuscript) (LBK/82) Copy Letterbook and narrative relating to HMS Serpent, 1852-1853. (Manuscript) (LBK/83) Letterbooks kept by Frederick W Lewis, Lord Essenden, 1870-1944, Furness Withy Director since 1919 and British Shipping Magnate between 1918 and 1932. (Manuscript) (LBK/84) A bound volume containing thirteen autograph letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott and John Goodricke. (Letters) (LBK/85) Official letterbook of the Navy Commissioners for the period March 1648/9 to August 1653. (Manuscript) (LBK/86) Typescript copies of diplomatic correspondence between Lord Grenville and Lord Carysfort, 1800-1801. (Manuscript) (LBK/87) Letterbook kept by Fitzroy Pleydell Goddard, H.M. Consul, Cape Verde Islands, 1882-1883. (Manuscript) (LBK/88)

Letterbooks and orderbook of HRH Prince William Henry while Captain of HMS PEGASUS 1786, HMS Andromeda 1788 and as Rear Admiral, commanded HMS Valiant.

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