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Folio containing correspondence received by Mr. Laughton, often requesting information and identification of ships.

Folio containing correspondence received by Mr. Laughton, often requesting information and identification of ships. Also includes pictures and envelopes.

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ID:	LAU/85
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Laughton, Leonard George Carr
Date made:	1923-1930
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 volume
Parts:	Series of notebooks containing information on documents dating from 13th to 19th centuries. (Manuscript) Record Office notebook relating to the East Indies, 1744-1748. (Manuscript) (LAU/1) Notebook contains letters by Matthews, Lestock, Jermy and Haddock relating to the Battle of Toulon, the wreck of the VICTORY, the ship NIGHTINGALE and other exploits. (Manuscript) (LAU/2) Research notebook, containing handwritten notes on Admiralty despatches to North America. (Manuscript) (LAU/3) Notebook contains Admiralty Court Martials, 1779-1783. Notebook also contains Admiralty Despatches to the Leeward Islands, 1777-1787 (Manuscript) (LAU/4) Notebook contains Admiralty despatches to: Leeward Islands, 1781-1782; North America, 1781; Jamaica, 1774-1786; Channel, 1778-1783, Court Martials, 1781; and Minute books, 1777-1779. (Manuscript) (LAU/5) Notebook containing various Minutes, Letters, Despatches, Court Martials and Logs. (Manuscript) (LAU/6) Notebook contains Navy board letters, Captain letters and Admiralty Despatches includes the Court Martial of Crookshanks of the Lark and Foreign Office Correspondence from Tuscany. (Manuscript) (LAU/7) Notebook contains a copy of Pocock's journal, 1704. (Manuscript) (LAU/8) Notebook containing Minute books, Navy Board Letters, Captain's Letters, Admiralty Despatches and Foreign Office Correspondence from France. (Manuscript) (LAU/9) Notebook contains Admiralty despatches to the Channel Fleet and the East Indies, 1759-1815. Notebook also contains Captains letters and Court Martials, 1681-1698. (Manuscript) (LAU/10) Notebook contains various Court Martials. (Manuscript) (LAU/11) Notebook contains Court Martials. (Manuscript) (LAU/12) Notebook contains Captains Letters and Foreign Office correspondence from Austria and Prussia. (Manuscript) (LAU/13) Notebook contains Home Office Admiralty records, 1700-1740. (Manuscript) (LAU/15) Notebook contains various Correspondence, Pay Books and Court Martial Records. (Manuscript) (LAU/16) Notebook contains Correspondence from the Foreign Office of Sicily and Spain, 1795-1798. Notebook also contains information on the Hood and Nelson Paper. (Manuscript) (LAU/17) Notebook contains sketches of 16th ships and details on guns and navy logs. (Manuscript) (LAU/18) Notebook containing various Correspondance, Logs and Notes, relating to: Hawkyns Voyage, 1567; Privateers, 18th century; and Trafalgar, 1805. (Manuscript) (LAU/19) Notebook contains notes on various centuries, including: The Armada Papers, 1588; Great Ships of Henry V and Notes on Sail Cloth, 1417 and Tonnage measurement, 1773-1786. (Manuscript) (LAU/20) Notebooks includes sketches notes of various Battles and Sieges, such as Lissa, 1866, Salvore, 1173, and Gabbard, 1653. (Manuscript) (LAU/21) Notebook contains notes on Naval Hygiene, Sea Heraldry and Pepy's defence of the Navy Board. (Manuscript) (LAU/22) Notebook contains notes on Naval Operation and Admin, 1649-1654. Notebook also contains various political history, notes on Naval Abuses, Privateers, Prize money and others, 1745-1797 (Manuscript) (LAU/23) Notebook contains various notes, extracts, pictures diagrams and correspondence. (Manuscript) (LAU/24) Notebook contains Commission and Warrant books. (Manuscript) (LAU/25) Notebook containing notes on Trafalgar, Pitt II, Naval Fiction and more. (Manuscript) (LAU/26) Notebook contains the Paston Letters, 1872. Notebook also contains historical notes and memorials of King Kenry VI and VII, 1421-1485. (Manuscript) (LAU/27) Research Notes on various Naval Historians, including Colquhoun, Armstrong, Lilly, Lackey, Corbett, Auriol, Holland, Whishaw, Dudleys, Desbriere and Firth. (Manuscript) (LAU/28) Notebook containing a Precis of Michel Merys, De Lissa a Tsonshima, and Sir George S Clarke's Fortification. (Manuscript) (LAU/29) Notebook containing research on the Letters and Papers of Henvri VIII. (Manuscript) (LAU/30) Notebook containing research on the state papers domestic (S.P.Dom.) relating to the Interregnum. (Manuscript) (LAU/31) Notebook containing research on the state papers domestic (S.P.Dom.) relating to the Interregnum. (Manuscript) (LAU/32) Notebook containing research on the state papers domestic (S.P.Dom.) relating to the Interregnum. (Manuscript) (LAU/33) Notebook containing research on the state papers domestic (S.P.Dom.). (Manuscript) (LAU/34) Notebook containing research on the state papers domestic (S.P.Dom.). (Manuscript) (LAU/35) Sir N. W. Wraxall's Historical Memoirs. (Manuscript) (LAU/40) Volume contains research notes on Naval excerpts, relating to Mann and Manners. (Manuscript) (LAU/41) Notes relating to the letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Edited by Peter Cunningham, 1861. Letters date from 1743 to 1791. (Manuscript) (LAU/42) Notebook contains research notes relating to a variety of Naval administration, Captain's logs, firegure heads, and correspondence. (Manuscript) (LAU/43) Notebook contains notes on Volume I and Volume II of the Duke of York's Letter Books. (Manuscript) (LAU/46) Notebook containing research notes and extracts of PRO records, specifically Navy instructions and the Building details of the MERHONOUR and HENRY GRACE A DIEU. (Manuscript) (LAU/47) Notebook containing research on Richard Johnson's Journal, 1795-1800, and various French and Dutch naval notes, 1780-1810. Notebook also contains an Index of contents. (Manuscript) (LAU/48) Notebook containing research on naval battles and their observation, as well as some drawings. (Manuscript) (LAU/49) Notebook contains research in the State Papers Domestic, The Stowe and Hart Papers. (Manuscript) (LAU/50) Notebook contains technical research notes on the HMS VICTORY, including a full index to the notes. (Manuscript) (LAU/51) Notebook contains research notes on the HMS CALEDONIA, GARLAND and HIBERNIA as well as notes on the Chatham Dockyards. (Manuscript) (LAU/52) Notebook contains research from Naval Records at the British Library (Manuscript) (LAU/53) Notebook contains research notes on W.J. Huggins Trafalgar Notebook, F. Rossi L'Art Naval and other Navy Lists. (Manuscript) (LAU/54) Notebook contains notes pertaining to the Navy Board:Standing orders to the Yard, as well as other Orders to the Coucil and a variety of French Prizes. (Manuscript) (LAU/55) Notebook containing Naval Orders and Instruction (Manuscript) (LAU/56) Notebook containing sketches and technical details of several ship models, including: ANDERSON, GREENWICH, MERCURY, NYYC, ROGER, RUSJ, SOUTH KENSINGTON and, SANDWICH (Manuscript) (LAU/57) Notebook with the continuation from LAU/57, see for further detail. Notebook half full. (Manuscript) (LAU/58) Notebook contains research on figurehead, DNC notes, the Paris Musee de Marine and others. (Manuscript) (LAU/59) Notebooks contains Naval Surveys, 1626-1627 and 1835. Also contains notes on Remasting of 1618. (Manuscript) (LAU/60) Notebook relating to the Search for BRITANNIA and information on Sails and the Admiralty. (Manuscript) (LAU/61) Notebook contains various research notes: Sections of ships built under the act of 1676-1677; Papers of Sir Johnson, 1638-1699; Sieze of masts, 1587-1620; History of Naval Architecture, 1610-1714. (Manuscript) (LAU/62) Notebook is a calendar of important events in nautical history. (Manuscript) (LAU/63) Notebook contains research on the Deptford Ship Letters. (Manuscript) (LAU/64) Notebook contains research on Galleys built in various English cities, in 1295 and 1337. (Manuscript) (LAU/65) Notebook contains research on various topics: Galleys, 1340; Navy Surveyors, 1546-1667; CANTERBURY logs, 1728; Naval Situation in the Baltic, 1758; Signals and the capture of the REDBRIDGE, 1803; and notes on Nelson. (Manuscript) (LAU/66) Notebook containing transcriptions and notes regarding: Naval Discipline, 1847; Qualities of Naval men, 1741; Correspondence to Marshall, 1815; Sails, 1703; State Papers Domestic on ships and guns, 1560-1594 (Manuscript) (LAU/67) Notebook containing research notes collected from references of the British Library. (Manuscript) (LAU/68) Notebook containing research on various authors and topics in 17th century naval history, including Sir Ellis "Original Letters" and other volumes. (Manuscript) (LAU/69) Notebook contains research on a variety of material from the British Library, including a list of ships to be raised in specific county, 1635. (Manuscript) (LAU/70) Notebook contains research on Cesareo Duro's "Disquisiciones nauticas." Also contains Nautical mathematical notation. (Manuscript) (LAU/71) Notebook contains research on the HENRY GRACE A DIEU, money for shipwrights and dimensions of Carracks. (Manuscript) (LAU/72) Research notes regarding ships and their crew involved in the Scottish War. (Manuscript) (LAU/73) Research notes on William Sopher (1411-1422) and John Chamberleyn (1398-1399). (Manuscript) (LAU/74) Research notes on Various maritime subjects, including Ship Clerks, Wardrobe and Miscellaneous Exchequers accounts. (Manuscript) (LAU/75) Notebook contains research on various naval subjects, including: Calton's declared accounts, 1413-1416; Fragments of Naval Expenses, 1293-1294; and Sopher's declared accounts, 1422-1432; (Manuscript) (LAU/76) Notebook contains research on various naval subjects, including: the Building of the JOHN and JONET, 1347-1349; Various ship repairs, 1337-1357; Guns references, 14th century. (Manuscript) (LAU/77) Research notes relating to various Barges, ship repairs and ship buildings. (Manuscript) (LAU/78) Notebook contains research on "the Gokstad Ship" by N. Nicolaysen, 1882, as well as notes on Haddock's correspondence. (Manuscript) (LAU/79) Notebook contains information on parties of accounts of John Elmerton, 1406, as well as various other accounts. (Manuscript) (LAU/80) Research notebook containing Court Martials, Admiralty minutes and Captain's logs. (Manuscript) (LAU/81) Index of Ships, with reference to the LAU/1-88 collection. (Manuscript) (LAU/82) Research folio with notes and lists regarding: English 1st rates 1660-1815 and List of English 2nd rates with dimension, 1740-1817 as well as others. (Manuscript) (LAU/83) Research folio filled with tracings and detailed sketchs of dozens of ships. (Manuscript) (LAU/84) Folio containing correspondence received by Mr. Laughton, often requesting information and identification of ships. (Manuscript) (LAU/85) Large Folio with very detailed sketches of various ships. (Manuscript) (LAU/86) Research notebook with information on Anchors and Cables, the REGENT, and the distribution of Guns on various ships. (Manuscript) (LAU/87) Folder contains the research of Mr. Laughton including notes on unserviceable ships, 1660, and notes on abbreviations. (Manuscript) (LAU/88)

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