Letters by Hood, mainly to his sister 9 Feb 1781-7 Jul 1809 including accounts of actions between Rodney and Dr Grasse and the taking of St LuciA.
Letters by Hood, mainly to his sister 9 Feb 1781-7 Jul 1809 including accounts of actions between Rodney and Dr Grasse and the taking of St Lucia, also letters to Adm Lord Hood and letters from Hood's wife Mary Fredrica Elizabeth (nee Mackenzie) to his father Samuel Hood, see full list in printed catalogue for further details
Record Details
| Item reference: | MKH/244 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1781-01-01 - 1809-12-31 |
| Creator: | Hood, Samuel |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letters concerning Eastern Mediterranean affairs 29 Dec 1794-9 May 1799, mainly from Robert Liston, Ambassador to the Ottomon Empire at Constantinople 29 Dec 1794-13 Oct 1795 (Manuscript) (MKH/101)
- Letters, orders and memoranda from Adm Sir John Jervis and other officers 19 Nov 1795-15 May 1799, also a sketch plan of the Battle of Cape St Vincent 14 Feb 1797 (Manuscript) (MKH/102)
- Letters from various people 1802-5 including Adm Villaret Joyeuse, Auguste Ernouf and the Transport Board (Manuscript) (MKH/103)
- Accounts and other papers relating to stores and the hiring of schooners 9 Dec 1802-25 Apr 1805762-1814 (Manuscript) (MKH/104)
- Command of a squadron off Rochforte 27 Mar-12 Jun 1806, mainly copies of orders and memoranda 18 Feb-8 Jun, left with Hood by Vice-Adm Edward Thornbrough 12 Jun 1806 (Manuscript) (MKH/105)
- Letters and orders from the Admiralty 13 Dec 1806-21 Jul 1807 including letters from Vice-Adm Lord Collingwood to Capt Robert Stopford informing him of the capture of Buenos Aires by the Spanish (Manuscript) (MKH/106)
- Letter and orders from the Admiralty and Adm James Gambier 14 Aug-9 Dec 1807, also letters from Gen Bielefeldt and Gen Peymann of the Danish army 16 Sep-12 Oct 1807 (Manuscript) (MKH/107)
- Papers relating to the Occupation of Madeira including a copies of letters from Lord Hawkesbury to Maj-Gen William Carr Beresford and from Rear-Adm Sir John Duckworth 14 Nov 1807-26 Apr 1808 (Manuscript) (MKH/108)
- Papers relating to Hood's service with the Battle Fleet: letters, orders and memoranda from Vice-Adm Sir James Saumarez 21 Mar-20 Oct 1808 (Manuscript) (MKH/109)
- Letters and orders 1808 from the Admiralty, the Navy Board, Hydrographic Office and also papers relating to Hood's capture of the Ship SEWOLOD (Manuscript) (MKH/110)
- Papers relating to the re-embarkation of the Army at Corunna: including admiralty instructions, 1808 - 1809 (Manuscript) (MKH/111)
- Papers relating to Hood's Service in the Baltic: letters, orders and memoranda from Vice-Adm Sir James Saumarez and George Hope, his flag captain 28 Feb-7 May 1809 (Manuscript) (MKH/112)
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