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Austen, Robert
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The formation of committees: observations, memoranda and proposals. (Manuscript)
1785-1789
MID/6/8
The formation of committees: observations, memoranda and proposals, ca.1785-1789, (Related Material MID/14/9, MID/14/10 and MID/14/11)
List of COMMERCE's previous voyages. (Manuscript)
1786-1788
HNL/40/2
COMMERCE 1788-1789 - List of COMMERCE's previous voyages 1786-1788; printed and m.s. 'inventories' and papers relating to purchase and outfit of COMMERCE, 120 tons, bought April 1788, £400 - Michael Henley & Son
Correspondence. (Manuscript)
1788
HNL/70/10
HENLEY (formerly RUTTER) 1775-1806 - Master by June 1776-after April 1781, Robert Dixon; Master by August 1781-April 1789, James Kirton, former carpenter and mate. Correspondence January-December 1788 and undated - Michael Henley & Son
General correspondence 1801 including papers about the cutting out expedition when Lieutenant Maxwell and Lieutenant Hossack were at variance and about the mutiny at Berehaven. (Manuscript)
1801
COR/53
Letters received by Cornwallis 1789-1805: general correspondence 1801 including papers about the cutting out expedition when Lieutenant Maxwell and Lieutenant Hossack were at variance and about the mutiny at Berehaven.
Navy Board, Lieutenants' Logs (Manuscript)
1788-1789
ADM/L/Z/5
Lieutenant's logbook for HMS ZEBRA 1788 - 1789
Miscellaneous, drafts and memoranda. (Manuscript)
1787-1789
MID/12/2
Papers relating to the Commission of inquiry into the Land Revenue of the Crown: miscellaneous, drafts and memoranda, 1787-1789, (Related Material MID/1, MID/14/16, MID/14/17, MID/14/18 and MID/14/19)
Invoices and receipts. (Manuscript)
1789-1817
HNL/6/27
Invoices and receipts, bundled by years of payment 1789-1817, excluding 1802-1805, Michael Henley & Son
Two notebooks relating to domestic expenditure. (Manuscript)
1789-1791
HNL/5/5-6
Two notebooks relating to domestic expenditure 1789-1790 and 1791, first with bill for coal 1784 enclosed, Michael Henley & Son
Printed papers relating to shipping. (Manuscript)
1789-1803
HNL/21/2
Printed papers relating to shipping 1789-1803, Michael Henley & Son
Chatham Dockyard (Manuscript)
1789-1790
CHA/L/28
Out-letters from the Commissioner to the Navy Board, 1789-90
Navy Board, Lieutenants' Logs (Manuscript)
1789-1791
ADM/L/T/149
Lieutenant's logbooks for HMS TISIPHONE 1790 - 1791; HMS TRIMMER 1790 - 1791; HMS TRITON 1790 - 1791; HMS TRUSTY 1789 - 1791
Letters from John Fordyce. (Manuscript)
1789-1808
MID/1/67
Folder containing loose In letters from John Fordyce (Commissioner of Naval Revision etc.), 1789-1808
It is available to view at the following link: (Manuscript)
1789
TUN/7
'General Index to the Signals by Day', 1789
Fitters' accounts. (Manuscript)
1787-1790
HNL/70/7
HENLEY (formerly RUTTER) 1775-1806 - Master by June 1776-after April 1781, Robert Dixon; Master by August 1781-April 1789, James Kirton, former carpenter and mate. Fitters' accounts April 1787-September 1790 - Michael Henley & Son
Coal voyage accounts etc. (Manuscript)
1788
HNL/70/9
HENLEY (formerly RUTTER) 1775-1806 - Master by June 1776-after April 1781, Robert Dixon; Master by August 1781-April 1789, James Kirton, former carpenter and mate. Coal voyage accounts etc January-March 1788: Shields-Portsmouth-Shields-London - Michael Henley & Son
MARIA (formerly WHITBY) 1785-1791: Papers relating to 'charges inwards' from Jamaica October 1790-March 1791 (Manuscript)
1790-1791
HNL/84/8
MARIA (formerly WHITBY) 1785-1791 - Master September 1789-November 1790 and owner of 1/8 Lieutenant Bartholomew James, RN. Papers relating to 'charges inwards' from Jamaica October 1790-March 1791 - Michael Henley & Son
Letters from Nelson to Mr Bolton, Burnham; letter from Nelson to Mr Rose on behalf of Mr Bolton, Albemarle St.; Sir Andrew Hamond to Mr Bolton, on the death of Nelson. (Manuscript)
1789-12-14 - 1805-11-06
GIR/1/B
Five letters from Nelson to Mr Bolton, Burnham 14 Dec 1789-10 June 1802; letter from Nelson to Mr Rose on behalf of Mr Bolton, Albemarle St. 29 August 1805; Sir Andrew Hamond to Mr Bolton, 6 November 1805, on the death of Nelson.
Tableau de la Marine Royal de France, divise par Escadres. (Manuscript)
1789
ADL/VF/7
Tableau de la Marine Royal de France, divise par Escadres, 1789.
Letters from Admiral John Schank. (Manuscript)
1789-1804
MID/1/164
Folder containing loose letters from Admiral John Schank, 1789-1791 and papers relating to defence of the coast, ca.1804
Navy Board, Lieutenants' Logs (Manuscript)
1756-1759
ADM/L/T/96
Lieutenant's logbooks for HMS THISBE 1797 - 1789; HMS THORN 1788 - 1789; HMS TRIMMER 1788 - 1789; HMS UNION 1756 - 1759
Navy Board, Lieutenants' Logs (Manuscript)
1789-1801
ADM/L/A/34
Lieutenant's logbook for HMS ADVENTURE 1789 - 1801
Board Of Admiralty, In-Letters (Manuscript)
1789
ADM/BP/9
In letters, 1789
Articles, correspondence, papers relating to freights incl. charter, bill of lading, bills of exchange, voyage accounts etc. (Manuscript)
1792
HNL/73/21
HOLDERNESS 1789-1792 - Master June 1791-September 1792, William Moffitt. Articles, correspondence, papers relating to freights incl.…
Memoirs of the Royal Navy of England. (Manuscript)
1789
MID/14/20
Volume: 'Memoirs of the Royal Navy of England from the Commencement of the reign of Henry VII to the present time', 1789, by Charles Derrick
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