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Admiral Sir William Cornwallis
Austen, Robert
Avery, William L.
Bague, George
Beauclerk, Aubrey
Bedell, I.L.
Board, Navy
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Brenton, Jahleel
Broke, Philip Bowes Vere
Carteret, Philip
Cary, Anthony
Cloveley, R
Columbine, Edward Henry
Cornwallis, Charles
Cornwallis, William
Damer-Powell, John Williams
Dixon, Anne
Dockyard, Halifax
Fleming Senhouse, L.E.
Flinders, Matthew
Fonnereau
Gabb, George Hugh
Griffith, Edward
Griffith, Moses
Grose, John Henry
Guy, Henry
Hamilton, Commander Archibald
Hamilton, John
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Hare, Charles
Hare, Jane
Haultain, Charles
Henderson, William Hannam
HM Dockyard, Chatham
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Hood, Alexander
Hood, Samuel
Hotham, Henry
Ingram, Bruce Stirling
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Riou, Edward
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Smith, William Sidney
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Volumes of notes. (Manuscript)
1782-1789
MID/14/1-15
Volumes of notes.
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ROD/12
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/102
blank sheet
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/220
blank sheet
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/194
blank sheet
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/128
blank sheet
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/127
blank sheet
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/2
blank sheet
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/3
blank sheet
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1789/247
blank sheet
Letters from Sir Philip Stephens (Secretary of the Admiralty). (Manuscript)
1786-1789
MID/1/177
Folder containing loose letters from Sir Philip Stephens (Secretary of the Admiralty), 1786-1789
Letters from Ambrose Serle (friend, Navy Board Secretary). (Manuscript)
1789-1806
MID/1/168
Folder containing loose letters from Ambrose Serle (friend, Navy Board Secretary), 1789-1806
Letters from 2nd Earl of Chatham, John Pitt. (Manuscript)
1789-1790
MID/1/147
Folder containing loose In letters from 2nd Earl of Chatham, John Pitt, 1789-1790
Letters to Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu. (Manuscript)
1779-1789
MID/2/31
Folder containing loose copies and drafts of letters to Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, 1779-1789
Letter from Thomas Nichols (Land Revenue Office, regarding timber). (Manuscript)
1789
MID/1/132
In letter from Thomas Nichols (Land Revenue Office, regarding timber), 1789.
Log of the EXPERIMENT. (Manuscript)
1789-12-01 - 1791-01-31
MRF/102
Log of the EXPERIMENT, December 1789 to January 1791, relating to a journey from Shelburne, Ontario via New York to the West Indies.
Lieutenant William Ross, RN. Insurance policy. (Manuscript)
1787
HNL/63/18
GENERAL ELLIOTT (formerly NESTOR and LE FRANKLIN) 1785-1791 - Master February 1787-April 1789, Lieutenant William Ross, RN. Insurance policy March 1787 and papers relating to claim for repairs at Cork following damage in channel April-June 1787. Insurance policy October 1787.…
Letters from N Phillipps (Chatham Dockyard). (Manuscript)
1789
MID/1/145
Folder containing loose In letters from N Phillipps (Chatham Dockyard), 1789
Letters from Thomas Gorton (King's College). (Manuscript)
1781-1789
MID/1/77
Folder containing loose In letters from Thomas Gorton (King's College), 1781-1789
Letter from Admiral Philip Affleck. (Manuscript)
1789
MID/1/2
Folder containing loose In letter from Admiral Philip Affleck, 1789
Papers relating to Navy including, Navy contracts, committee report on Christopher Atkinson, projects and proposals relating to taxes and police etc, various Admiralty letters, misc papers. (Manuscript)
1695-1789
MRF/I/5
Shelburne papers, Prime Minister 1782-83. Papers relating to Navy including, Navy contracts, 1779-83 committee report on Christopher Atkinson, projects and proposals relating to taxes and police etc, various Admiralty letters 1757-59, misc papers 1695-1789. Originals in the William L.…
Letters from masters of DOLLY, FARMER, HEART OF OAK, HOLDERNESS, NELLY, PITT. (Manuscript)
1791-1792
HNL/70/28
HENLEY (formerly RUTTER) 1775-1806 - Master April 1789-March 1792, John Atkinson. Correspondence August 1791-September 1792 (letters from masters of DOLLY, FARMER, HEART OF OAK, HOLDERNESS, NELLY, PITT moved to those ships) - Michael Henley & Son
Coal voyage, fitter's, boys' accounts etc; agent's account Rochester. (Manuscript)
1790
HNL/70/22
HENLEY (formerly RUTTER) 1775-1806 - Master April 1789-March 1792, John Atkinson. Coal voyage, fitter's, boys' accounts etc June-September 1790: Shields-Chatham twice, Shields-London once; agent's account Rochester July, August 1790 - Michael Henley & Son
Loose in letters from various correspondents. (Manuscript)
1789-1809
MID/1/193-202
Loose in letters from various correspondents, alphabetically by surname, W-Y.
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