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Austen, Robert
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Contract for supplying provision to the squadron for the East Indies. (Manuscript)
1789-11-28
COR/100/6/1
A contract for supplying provisions to His Majesties squadron in the East Indies with the Sea Stores signed by the Honourable William Cornwallis and Robert Biddulph, signed and delivered in Calcutta. (Vellum)
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript)
1789-02-17
MSK/3/1/6
Letter dated 17th February 1789 concerning the recommendation of Dr Coombe – Banks’s recommendation is sufficient to gain Nevil Maskelyne’s vote in his favour to fill a vacancy of Physician to the Lying in Hospital on Brownlow Street.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-16
ADM/A/1789/114
Phillip Austen, Boatswain of the MONCK, is to be appointed Boatswain of the ELIZABETH, in place of the former moved into the ST MICHAEL. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 16 November 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-14
ADM/A/1789/100
I send you this enclosed copy of a letter from Mr Morrice about the damages sustained by the heir from the erection of dock for their Majesties on his estate at Plymouth.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-15
ADM/A/1789/110
The 3rd Rate ships CAPTAIN, SUFFOLK, HOPE, ESSEX, GRAFTON, HAMPTON COURT, BURFORD, RESTORATION and KENT, are ordered to Chatham to be refitted for next year's service. You are to have a survey taken of their defects and to have the work put in hand.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-11
ADM/A/1789/80
Samuel Fitch is to be appointed Boatswain of the UNITY hired ship, in place of the former dismissed for neglect of duty. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 11 November 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-08
ADM/A/1789/64
We have considered your letter of 13 October, concerning the failure of Captain Stafford Fairborn to observe the General Instructions during the time he commanded the WARSPITE.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-09
ADM/A/1789/72
We have confirmed a warrant given by Captain Ralph Wrenn, Commander-in-Chief of ships in the West Indies, dated 22 March 1692, for John Knell to be Boatswain of the MARY. You are to enter him accordingly together with an allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-05
ADM/A/1789/44
Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Rear Admiral of the Red, desires that on arrival of the DUKE at Chatham, before the seamen are dispersed, the officers and seamen (warrant officers excepted) may be turned over to the ROYAL WILLIAM. You are directed to have this done accordingly.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-03
ADM/A/1789/26
We are informed that the companies of the RUPERT and ADVENTURE, have not yet received the month's gratuity given by their Majesties to such men who were in the engagement with the French last summer. You are directed to have this paid to them at Plymouth where the ships are now refitting.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-29
ADM/A/1789/222
Are enclosing a copy of a paper sent to us from the Earl of Nottingham, concerning some ships at Lubeck and direct you to consider what is proposed in it and to report your opinion, particularly whether it is necessary to send a Shipwright to Lubeck to survey the ships.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-29
ADM/A/1789/214
The Commissioners at Portsmouth advise us that there are two Dutch men-of-war come into harbour to be cleaned.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-19
ADM/A/1789/162
Robert Wye is to be appointed Purser of the DRAGON, in place of Robert Munnings discharged by sickness. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant.His warrant is to be dated 16 November 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-22
ADM/A/1789/172
Thomas Goslin, Boatswain of the SUFFOLK, is to be appointed Boatswain of the LEOPARD hulk, in the room of the former removed into the SUFFOLK. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant. His warrant is to be dated 22 November 1692.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-17
ADM/A/1789/138
Thomas Crampton, late Master Carpenter of the PORTLAND, is to be appointed Master Carpenter of the MONMOUTH, in place of the former who has surrendered the same. You are to enter him accordingly together with such allowance of wages and victuals for himself and servant.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-02
ADM/A/1789/16
We have considered your letter of 29 October and direct you to dispense with the want of Surgeons Mates' certificates, for their Majesties' Bounty to relations of such persons who were slain on board the JERSEY in an engagement with the French when she was not yet returned from the West In…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-11-30
ADM/A/1789/233
We have considered your letter of today, about the dispatch in fitting their Majesties' fleet for next summer. You are directed to send us an account of the names of ships as you propose to be fitted, without their being docked or careened by caulking up their ports.
C-in-C Nore: American War of Independence: orders 1777-1782 (Manuscript)
1777-1782
ROD/10
See item records.
Papers relating to postponed or cancelled contracts. (Manuscript)
1799-1800
HNL/12/15
Papers relating to postponed or cancelled contract for Quebec April 1799 and unsuccessful tenders for Gibraltar and Minorca, April, September 1799, July 1800, Michael Henley & Son
Papers relating to supply of junk for overseas establishments. (Manuscript)
1795-1796
HNL/12/4
Papers relating to supply of junk for overseas establishments 1795-1796, Michael Henley & Son
Correspondence with Ordnance Office and establishments concerning coal. (Manuscript)
1792-1793
HNL/11/4
Correspondence with Ordnance Office and establishments concerning coal May 1792-September 1793, Michael Henley & Son
Correspondence with Ordnance Office and establishments concerning coal. (Manuscript)
1795-1796
HNL/11/6
Correspondence with Ordnance Office and establishments concerning coal October 1795-August 1796, Michael Henley & Son
Correspondence with Ordnance Office and establishments concerning coal. (Manuscript)
1799-1801
HNL/11/8
Correspondence with Ordnance Office and establishments concerning coal March-May 1799, April-May 1800, April-May 1801, Michael Henley & Son
'Particulars of the Contract for Coals' for Ordnance establishments in England. (Manuscript)
1811
HNL/11/10
'Particulars of the Contract for Coals' for Ordnance establishments in England July 1811, Michael Henley & Son
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