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Admiral Sir William Cornwallis
Austen, Robert
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; insurance policies, bill of sale Jamaica, relating to sloop EXPERIENCE and shallop ELIZA November
1789
1789-1790
HNL/84/6
MARIA (formerly WHITBY) 1785-1791 - Master September 1789-November 1790 and owner of 1/8 Lieutenant Bartholomew James, RN. Voyage accounts, receipts; insurance policies, bill of sale Jamaica, relating to sloop EXPERIENCE and shallop ELIZA November 1789-December 1790.…
Papers relating to coal and junk tendered for and/or supplied to the Ordnance Board for use overseas,
1789
1789-1813
HNL/12
See item/file level records.
VALIANT c1788-1792: Bills for outfit etc June-July
1789
, most entered in above book (HNL/122/1).
1788-1789
HNL/122/2
VALIANT c1788-1792 - Bills for outfit etc June-July 1789, most entered in above book (HNL/122/1). Summonses for payment 1788. Michael Henley & Son
PEGGY (possibly formerly JUDITH) 1785-
1789
: Bond between Henleys and Ladd September 1785; bills for refit
1785
HNL/102/1
PEGGY (possibly formerly JUDITH) 1785-1789 - Owner of 1/2 share 1785-1789, and Master August 1785-January 1788, John Ladd. Bond between Henleys and Ladd September 1785; bills for refit etc June-ca.October 1785. Delivery note, masts for JUDITH June 1785; unidentified loose note undated.…
Logbook of the WINCHELSEA, kept by John Dykes, Master, 1787-
1789
. (Manuscript)
1787-01-22 -1789-02-05
LOG/N/44/5
Logbook of the WINCHELSEA, kept by John Dykes while he was master of the frigate under Commander Edward Pellew, at the Newfoundland station.…
East Indies
1789
-94: draft of instructions for pursers, printed with instructions for masters, with specimen
COR/27
East Indies 1789-94: draft of instructions for pursers, printed with instructions for masters, with specimen forms n.d.
Lt-Col John Cockerell, HEIC Bengal Army, to Col Alexander Ross (1742-1827), while on service in India,
1789
1789-1791
RUSI/NM/235/R/10
Riou Family Papers; Letters from Lt-Col John Cockerell, HEIC Bengal Army, to Col Alexander Ross (1742-1827), while on service in India, 1789-1791
Islands, some correspondence about Indian affairs and letters from his brother the Governor General
1789
1789-1791
COR/51
Letters received by Cornwallis 1789-1805: relating to his service in the East Indies including Lieutenant Blair's report on the Andaman Islands, some correspondence about Indian affairs and letters from his brother the Governor General 1789-91.
A list of the Navy as it stood on 1st January 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788,
1789
, 1790. (Manuscript)
1784-1790
PST/49/38
A list of the Navy as it stood on 1st January 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790.
PEGGY (possibly formerly JUDITH) 1785-
1789
: Light bills September 1785-December 1787; accounts etc, payments
1785- 1788
HNL/102/3
PEGGY (possibly formerly JUDITH) 1785-1789 - Owner of 1/2 share 1785-1789, and Master August 1785-January 1788, John Ladd.…
Philip Pipon, HMS TAGUS, concerning settlement on Pitcairn Island of the mutineers from HMS BOUNTY (
1789
1814
HSR/C/19
In September 1814 while hunting for the American frigate ESSEX, HM ships TAGUS (Captain Philip Pipon) and BRITON were the first British ships to visit Pitcairn island since the BOUNTY mutiny of 1789. They found one mutineer still living, John Adams. Pipon interviewed John Adams.…
POLLY (formerly GUSTAFFA) 1783-
1789
: Articles ca.August 1788, wages book February-ca.October 1788, receipts
1788
HNL/107/18
POLLY (formerly GUSTAFFA) 1783-1789 - Master August 1787-January 1789, Samuel Dann. Articles ca.August 1788, wages book February-ca.October 1788, receipts etc, protest and papers relating to disputes between master and crew July-November 1788, incl. Russian protest - Michael Henley & Son
- account by the purser, Farquarson, of the boat trip to the Cape, with a typed transcript, 22 Dec
1789
1789-1790
RUSI/NM/235/ER/7/1
Papers of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); GUARDIAN, Observations by R F - account by the purser, Farquarson, of the boat trip to the Cape, with a typed transcript, 22 Dec 1789-19 January 1790
as Under Secretary of the Admiralty, 1776, and an Administrative History of the Navy, two versions,
1789
1776-1789
JCK/7
Reports on naval affairs relating to the American Revolution drawn up as Under Secretary of the Admiralty, 1776, and an Administrative History of the Navy, two versions, 1789.
POLLY (formerly GUSTAFFA) 1783-
1789
: Papers relating to purchase and outfit of Swedish brig GUSTAFFA,
1783
HNL/107/1
POLLY (formerly GUSTAFFA) 1783-1789 - Master September/ October 1783, Thomas Furlong. Papers relating to purchase and outfit of Swedish brig GUSTAFFA, renamed POLLY, Ramsgate September-December 1783, after she had been severely damaged. Account also for ANTOINETTE.…
POLLY (formerly GUSTAFFA) 1783-
1789
: Correspondence, charterparty, bill of lading, freight accounts etc
1786
HNL/107/13
POLLY (formerly GUSTAFFA) 1783-1789 - Master/ Shipkeeper ca.May-June 1786, Robert Dixon; Master ca.June-October 1786, Robert Sadler.…
Copy of ] 'A Chart of Bligh's Islands' [Fiji] by William Bligh, with tracks of the 'Bounty' launch (
1789
1801-04-14
FLI/15/23
Copy chart inscribed: 'A Chart of Bligh's Islands [Fiji] by W[illia]m Bligh. The Broken Line shows my Track in the Bounty's Launch when I discovered the Islands in 1789. The Plain Line my Track in the Providence and Assistant in 1792.…
Logbook: BRITANNIA 28 January 1791-22 April 1792, PONSBORNE 3-31 August
1789
, CASTLEREAGH 13 Sep-5 November
1789-1804
HMN/149
Logbook: BRITANNIA 28 January 1791-22 April 1792 to Bombay and China through St of Malacca, PONSBORNE 3-31 August 1789 to Bombay, CASTLEREAGH 13 Sep-5 November 1804 to Bombay and China through St of Malacca and E Passage, CIRENCESTER 21-25 Dec 1802 China to England and ROYAL CHARLOTTE 10 Jun-21 Jul…
Letters received by Cornwallis
1789
-1805: general correspondence 1803-6 including the correspondence
1803-1806
COR/54
Letters received by Cornwallis 1789-1805: general correspondence 1803-6 including the correspondence about Puget's plan for attacking Brest, Hurd's survey of Brest and correspondence with Melville about the attack.
Crew List: Agreements and Official Logs for Ship Countess of Derby, Official Number
1789
(Manuscript)
1915
RSS/CL/1915/3356/21
John Jeune; rank/rating, Master; age, 49; place of birth, Jersey; previous ship, continued. Patrick Lenon; rank/rating, Ordinary Seaman; age, 21; place of birth, Dublin; previous ship, George Henry.…
books, two copies of 'A Journal kept by William Davidson (A Seaman) on board a Russian Privateer.' 1788-
1789
1888 - 1930
HEN/13/11
Contains two black notebooks with notes relating to the Times Book club and other books, two copies of 'A Journal kept by William Davidson (A Seaman) on board a Russian Privateer.' 1788-1789, edited by Henderson, a copy of 'Over-sea Trade in War' by Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle w…
Crew List: Agreements and Official Logs for Ship Countess of Derby, Official Number
1789
(Manuscript)
1915
RSS/CL/1915/3356/20
John Jeune; rank/rating, Master; age, 50; place of birth, Jersey; previous ship, same ship. Ange Couranton; rank/rating, Able Seaman and Acting Mate; age, 17; place of birth, St Malo, France; previous ship, same ship.…
record from 1746, including a log, 1759 to 1778, together with letter and order books, 1746 to 1783,
1789
1746-1792
ROD
They consist of an almost complete service record from 1746, including a log, 1759 to 1778, together with letter and order books, 1746 to 1783, 1789 to 1792, and two signal books. There is a very full administrative correspondence during the War of American Independence and the 1790 crisis.…
Edward Robson. Correspondence. (Manuscript)
1789-1790
HNL/57/3
FARMER (former Bomb) 1789-1793 - Master September 1789-June 1791, Edward Robson. Correspondence September 1789-February 1790; receipts etc entered in memo book (HNL/57/1) and voyage accounts September 1789-January 1790 - Michael Henley & Son
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