Uncatalogued - Collection of naval documents, 1759-1819

Collection of naval documents, including:
Letters to the Victualling Board from Admiral Edward Boscawen (1711-1761), dated 23 July (seven letters), 9 August and 15 September 1759, Edward Leigh, dated 14 September 1768, and Admiral Sir John Jervis, Lord St Vincent (1735-1823), 31 July 1798 and March 1799;
Commissions to Captain Robert Manners Sutton (d. 1794), 9 November 1791, and Lieutenant Thomas Gregg, 12 November 1791, by Admiral Sir William Cornwallis (1744-1819), East Indies Station;
Folder of correspondence to Lord Melville (1771-1851), re recommendations for promotions, 1805, passed on to Lord Barham, plus copies of letters by Melville, 1804-1805.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/84/057; MSS/84/057.0 MS1984/057
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1759-1805; 1759-1819 1805-01-01 - ?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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