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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Admiral Boscawen: translation of the French Dispatch narrating the defeat of M. de la Clue's squadron at Lagos, 17 August 1759 by Admiral Boscawen; extract of a letter from Admiral Boscawen to Mr Clevland.

Adm Boscawen: translation of the French Dispatch narrating the defeat of M. de la Clue's squadron at Lagos, 17 August 1759 by Admiral Boscawen; extract of a letter from Admiral Boscawen to Mr Clevland.

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ID:	AGC/1/25
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1759-01-01 - ?; 1759-08-17
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	A - B (Manuscript) F Aime: holograph letter to a friend about the Glorious First of June, dated from the Pegasus frigate, 13 June 1794. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/1) HRH Prince Albert (HM King George VI): 'Night Rounds Chit' of HRH Prince Albert, when a midshipman on board HMS CUMBERLAND. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/2) George Allen: holograph letter to John Allen Esq., of Halifax, Nova Scotia, dated from HMS HIBERNIA, off Toulon, Mediterranean, 20 September 1813. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/3) Admiral Anson, Lord: two holograph letters - to Lieutenant L Campbell of the Weazle Sloop, on a recent action and to Captain Campbell, on the Defences of Guernsey and Jersey. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/4) George Baron Anson: signature on order issued to Captain Graves of HMS Sloop HAZARD, dated 1 May 1754. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/5) Anson's voyage: manuscript notes, dated 28 September 1740. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/6) Sir Francis Austen, Adm: autograph letter to the Lord Chamberlain, dated 17 March 1865. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/7) Adm-Fleet Matthew Aylmer, Lord: signature on orders dated 17 Jul 1710 and 23 July 1710. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/8) Admiral John Baker: extract of a letter from Paris dated 23 May 1708. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/9) Sir John Barrow: autograph letter to Captain Ross, dated from the Admiralty, 10 Dec 1834. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/10) Sir Henry William Bayntum, Adm: autograph despatch, signed to Captain George Hope, of HMS DEFENCE, dated from HMS LEVIATHAN, 27 Oct 1805. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/11) Sir Edward Belcher, Adm: holograph letter to Samuel Simpson Esq., dated 24 Oct 1836. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/12) Benbow, Vice-Adm: holograph letter to George St Lo, Commissioner at Plymouth dated from Lennox, 26 May 1697. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/13) Beresford, Lord Charles de la Poer: holographed, to Mrs Ronald Stuart, c.1915. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/14) Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Berry, Royal Sovereign at Spithead, to Lord Melville. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/15) Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, Adm: holographed to Lord Collingwood, dated 9 August 1805. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/16) Sir Richard Bickerton, Admiral :two holograph letters to Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Keates, dated from the Admiralty, 1 July 1808 and 20 September 1808. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/17) Captain Joseph Bingham: orders, signed, to Lieutenant A Keeler, dated from HMS AMERICA at sea, 18 November 1800. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/18) Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart, Vice-Adm: despatch, signed from HMS EURALYUS, 20 August 1805, to Lord Collingwood. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/19) Admiral Robert Blake: autograph letter to the Councils(?), dated 24 January 1651. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/20) Admiral Robert Blake, General at Sea and George Monck, General at Sea: signatures on a Warrant issued to Captain Holman of the WILLIAM and JOHN, dated from the RESOLUTION. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/21) Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, Adm: signature on letter to the Commissioners of the Navy; holograph letter to Messrs Birt and Collins; holograph letter to Mr Richard Birt. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/22) Napoleon Bonaparte: order signed by him, c.1800-5. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/23) Admiral Edward Boscawen: signature on an order issued to the representative Captains and Commanders of H.M. Ships, dated 4 April 1757. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/24) Admiral Boscawen: translation of the French Dispatch narrating the defeat of M. de la Clue's squadron at Lagos, 17 August 1759 by Admiral Boscawen; extract of a letter from Admiral Boscawen to Mr Clevland. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/25) Noel Boteler: letter from the Admiralty Judges in Scotland to the Commissioners of the Admiralty, signed by Noel Boteler and dated from Leigh, 26 June 1656. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/26) Brest harbour: report on the condition of the Harbour and arsenal, dated April 1815. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/27) Brest: remarks on the approach to Brest withing Ushant made in the Monmouth in the Year 1759. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/28) Admiral Bridport, Viscount: autograph letter to Captain Keats, dated from HMS ROYAL GEORGE, at Torbay; autograph letter to Captain Keats, dated from HMS ROYAL GEORGE at Torbay. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/29) Lord Brounker: warrant issued by the Navy Board, signed by Lord Brounker, Sir John Minnes and Col Thomas Middleton, 13 Feb 1669. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/30) Admiral John Byng: signature on document, dated 19 Oct 1755. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/31) J J Anson: autograph letter from J J Anson to the Pay Office, Portsmouth, giving details of Mid William Fraizer's illness and recovery, 1 June 1766. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/32) J. Bowen: autograph letter from J. Bowen to J. King informing him of the sentence of Roger Brent who is now confined in Newgate Prison, dated from the GLORY. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/34) Charles Bucknell: to Evan Nepean, 17 Dec 1800, forwards a copy of the information against Captain Richard Humber, of the CHARMING MOLLY, London passage boat. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/35) Lady Anson: to Thomas Anson, 27 June c.1758, with O.S. by Anson. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/36) Lord Brassey: to Mrs Platt of Apple Cross, written from the Sunbeam R.Y.S., 29 Aug. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/37) Louis Battenberg: letters regarding the Battenberg Course Indicator written by Lord Louis Mountbatten's father, n.d. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/38) Admiral Robert Blake: letter to the Commissioners of the Admiralty and Navy dated from Sovereign Stoakes Bay, 1654; reports the identification of a seaman Roger Harvey, guilty of having murdered a man in Harwich. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/39) Lord Broghill: to the Lord President and the rest of the Lords of his Highness Council, 25 Oct 1655, see full list in printed catalogue for further details. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/40) Mathew Henry Barker, author: letters and some verses addressed to George Cruikshank, 1835-38. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/41) Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, Adm: letters to Mr P Magra on the subject of his libel action, Aug-Oct 1804, see appendix. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/42) Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Rear-Adm: signature on a statement of the proceedings of HMS SHANNON, 1812-13 while still a captain. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/43) Lord Charles Beresford: letter to Lord Selborne about naval manoeuvres at Lambash, 10 September 1904. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/44) Sir Marc Isambard Brunel: letter to his granddaughter Sophia Hawes, dated 10 March 1842, engraved letter head of Thames Tunnel. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/45) Commander William Richard Bamber: letter to Sir William Clinton dated 18 July 1828, with a report on the burning of HMS DIAMOND in 1827. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/46) Sir Joseph Banks: letter to an unknown correspondent, 3 May 1803 about the order of the Bath, also engraving of Banks. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/47) Captain William Allen: letter to a Mr Jordan inviting him to visit his boat, dated 24 March 1811. (Manuscript) (AGC/1/48)

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