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Recto: At Tangiers they hear news of the accidental burning of the DEFIANCE at Chatham. Barlow blames a woman who was on board and expresses his low opinion of women. Verso: The YARMOUTH returns to England. Barlow sees his sister in London, and buys some fine clothes before setting off to travel to his parents' home. (Manuscript) 1669 JOD/4/133-134
Recto: Barlow praises his wife, who miscarries a boy before he arrives back in England. The GUANNABOE sails to Barbados. [Full page as transcribed - paste down in place]. Verso: The GUANNABOE unloads her cargo at Port Royal, Jamaica and takes on sugar and wood. Barlow describes a slave rebellion on Captain Duck's plantation. (Manuscript) 1677-1678 JOD/4/213-214
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Ward, James Lieut RN. Accompanied Capt. Cook on Voyage around the World. 4 holograph letters to his family. (Manuscript) 1703 - 1704 AGC/16/12
Recto: Barlow stays in London for six months' recuperation. He joins the FFLORENTINE, bound for Venice, which stops at Bergen in Norway on her voyage. Verso: The ship is loaded with a cargo of dried stockfish. Barlow describes the products and people of Norway. Some local landladies who are owed money by the sailors threaten that the voyage will not prosper. (Manuscript) 1675 JOD/4/191-192
Recto: Barlow's ship returns to England. At Dover they get news that a fleet of men-of-war is being built, and the crew fear the press-gang. Verso: Barlow is press-ganged from his ship by the frigate YARMOUTH, but his sister is able to visit him on board. War with France is threatened. (Manuscript) 1668 JOD/4/111-112
Recto: Barlow joins the NASEBY at Chatham and two days later they set sail to the Nore. Verso: The NASEBY sets sail from the Hope and Barlow receives a head injury when struck by a bar. (Manuscript) 1659 JOD/4/37-38
Recto: Barlow joins the GRAYHOUNDE, bound for Plymouth, and travels overland from there to Falmouth. He is short of money and has to spend a night in a barn. Verso: Barlow rejoins his ship, which looks for Dutch ships and captures one which may be Dutch. They hear news of the blowing up of the LONDON. (Manuscript) 1664-1665 JOD/4/85-86
Recto: The Ship ROYAL CHARLES. Verso: The King arrives back in England, and the NASEBY is renamed the ROYAL CHARLES. The Duke of York embarks on her to meet his sister the Queen of Bohemia, but hears of the death of his brother the Duke of Gloucester. (Manuscript) 1660 JOD/4/47-48
Recto: Barlow describes the people, customs and produce of Java. Four or five English ships trade at Java and Sumatra every year unless England is at war with Holland. Verso: Barlow describes the sufferings of those who are sick on board ship, and the manner of their burial. The EXPERIMENT approaches the mainland of China. (Manuscript) 1672 JOD/4/169-170
Recto: The fleet runs into danger as they approach Chatham because the pilots mistakenly direct the ships into shallow water. Verso: Barlow has a severe illness as a result of his earlier head wound, and convalesces at a cook shop in Whitechapel, where he is put to work. (Manuscript) 1659 JOD/4/41-42
Recto: The NASEBY sails with the fleet to Elsinore, where they sight the Dutch fleet but do not see action in the war between Sweden and Denmark. Verso: The fleet returns home but encounters bad weather in the North Sea. (Manuscript) 1659 JOD/4/39-40
Recto: Barlow's ship sails to North Africa via Portugal, reaching Malaga in Spain. The sailors are put on a short allowance of food, which is of poor quality. Verso: The ships are watered at Malaga. Barlow and other sailors go ashore for a session drinking local wine. (Manuscript) 1661 JOD/4/51-52
Signature by Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren on Rendezvous, dated on board H.M.S. ST. GEORGE at Spithead, 30 August 1747. (Manuscript) 1703 - 1704 AGC/16/10
Autograph letter signed by Rear Admiral Charles Watson to Francis Gashry (Controller of the Navy Victualling Accounts), dated from the HMS PRINCESS LOUISA at Sea, 16 October 1747. (Manuscript) 1703 - 1704 AGC/16/11
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Recto: The MONKE winters at Chatham and Barlow complains about the food and the lack of due pay. Unusual fish called garfish are seen in the river. Verso: Barlow meets his old master. A chain is placed across the Medway at Gillingham. The MONKE undertakes convoying and cruising duties. (Manuscript) 1666-1667 JOD/4/103-104
Autograph signed by Admiral Sir George Walton to the Commissioners of the Navy, dated from Sheerness, 5 March 1734. (Manuscript) 1703 - 1704 AGC/16/7
Autograph order by Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren, dated on board H.M.S. ST. GEORGE at Spithead, 30 August 1747. (Manuscript) 1703 - 1704 AGC/16/9
Holograph to Capt. Windham of H.M.S. DUKE from Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren, dated from the Royal George, 19 September 1745. (Manuscript) 1703 - 1704 AGC/16/8
Recto: Barlow remains on board the ROYAL CHARLES while she is moored at Gillingham for the winter. He explains the difficulties he and others had receiving and keeping their pay. Verso: Barlow joins the AUGUSTAINE at Woolwich, a Flemish-built ship carrying spare masts for the fleet and bound for Algiers. (Manuscript) 1660-1661 JOD/4/49-50
Recto: Poem 'make use of time comming: one: for that is perished: which is gone.' Verso: 'The Maner of the Marreners Sea Compass or the Merridianes of the World.' (Manuscript) 1656 JOD/4/3-4
Recto: The Custom House men at Malaga are bribed to take goods ashore without payment of dues. The RONE FACTER continues to Tangier with a mixed cargo. Verso: Barlow leaves the RONE FACTER and gets a place as second mate on the GUANNABOE, bound for Jamaica. He marries a servantmaid, Mary Symans, in Deal parish church. [Full page as transcribed - paste down in place]. (Manuscript) 1677-1678 JOD/4/209-210
Signature on document by Robert, Second Earl of Warwick to the Commissioners of the Navy, dated 28 September 1747. (Manuscript) 1703 - 1704 AGC/16/1