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Correspondence with other officers. (Manuscript)
1794-1825
HOS/3
Papers: correction to 'Day and Night Signals' 1799; 'Signal book for the ships of war'; 'Additional signals to be obeyed by the squadron under my command, but not inserted in the signal book'; 'Additions to the lists of the Navy'. (Manuscript)
1799-01-01 - 1805-01-01
KEI/S/1&5-7
Note in Nelson's hand, no date, listing doctors with dates and stations, (on the reverse) a diagram possibly of a nine ship formation, with mention of Duke of Clarence and Admiral Campbell (Manuscript)
CRK/16/60
Grant of title to the estate in Bronte from The King to Nelson, no date, (in French), and request from The Miinister [Sir William Hamilton] to Lord Grenville, Foreign Secretary, for permission for Nelson to use the title. (Manuscript)
CRK/17/47
Extract of Monsr Du Petet Houras letter to Admiral Therenard, dated on board the Tonnant the 23 Marial, 11 June 1798 (duplicate, No 16, Nelson), on the reverse A list of Portuguese ships under the orders of rear Admiral the Marquis de Niza (6 ships). (Manuscript)
1798-06-11 - 1798-06-11
CRK/18/12
Evan Nepean to Earl St Vincent, Admiralty Office, 2 May 1798 (Copy, recd 19 May), with copy of a letter received from Captain W Day, with intelligence on preparations of the enemy, and enclosing an account of the enemy force at Toulon. (Manuscript)
1798-05-02 - 1798-05-02
CRK/18/4
Letter from Nelson on the lonely and uncomfortable VANGUARD and sending passports to Procida. (Manuscript)
1799-05-19 - 1799-05-19
CRK/19/3
Nelson to Lady Hamilton, 1801, on leaving the squadron. Nelson expresses mixed feelings about leaving his “little squadron” but seems mostly impatient to get off the ship. (Manuscript)
1801-10-20 - 1801-10-20
CRK/19/25
Graefer to Nelson, Bronte, 10 Dec 1800 (2 pages), on problems with money owing on the estate, and title to the Abbey, some improvements made but a poor harvest. (Manuscript)
1800-12-10 - 1800-12-10
CRK/17/16
Graefer to Nelson, Bronte, 4 Dec 1799, on the farms and tenants, and his denial of a request from 200 labourers for land, a problem of taxation causing hardship. (Manuscript)
1799-12-04 - 1799-12-04
CRK/17/5
Nelson to Admiral Jervis, no date [December 1795, draft], memorandum of letters on 2 and 7 November 1795 to Admiral Hotham on operations in Vado Bay, on 9 November 1795 to Sir Hyde Parker on plans to attack convoy vessels (Manuscript)
1795-11-02 - 1795-12
CRK/14/22
Ball to Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, Malta, 7 June 1803, (copy), enclosing a letter for Lord Hobart, with military despatches on the insurrection in Cairo, and arequest for a passage for Elphi Bey from Egypt to England (Manuscript)
1803-06-07
CRK/1/86
Anon to ‘Sir’, La Minerve, Porto Ferraio, 27 Dec 1796, concerning the method of distribution of prize money following the seizure of the port by Major Duncan and troops, which was rejected by Nelson as setting a precedent (Manuscript)
1796-12-27
CRK/1/82
Mr J Baikie to Captain Parker, 30 July 1801, on the method of despatching letters, and the arrival of vessels listed (Manuscript)
1801-07-30
CRK/1/183
Marquis de la Solana to Senor Diego Duff [James Duff, British consul at Cadiz], Cadiz, 3 April 1804, (Copy, in Spanish), on a message from the secretary of state concerning the prohibition of supplies to the belligerents. (Manuscript)
1804-04-03 - 1804-04-03
CRK/18/42
Nelson to Lady Hamilton, 1801, on moving his possessions. He also writes more about his illness, and says he is sorry that Lady Hamilton has also been ill. (Manuscript)
1801-10-15 - 1801-10-15
CRK/19/19
Naval Christmas Cards from officers on board ships to Commander John Henry Pipe. (Manuscript)
1919-1935
HSR/V/23
Nelson to [? Consul Brame, Genoa, HMS AGAMEMNON, December 1795, draft], request for any ships requiring convoy from Genoa, and letters for Captain Cockburn, asks for proof of release of his lieutenant from prison, request for intelligence of French and Austrian losses on Riviera (Manuscript)
1795-12 - ?
CRK/14/17
Report of survey of naval stores in Malta Arsenal 30 September 1803, ordered by Captain Schomberg of the MADRAS (23 pages) left in the charge of Nathanial Taylor, the superceding naval storekeeper, including blocks, cables, hawsers, anchors, tools, sails, clothing, stationary etc (Manuscript)
1803-09-30
CRK/16/35
Chart of the entrance of the West Scheldt, surveyed in 1794 by George Thompson, Master in the Royal Navy (on parchment), published 29 July 1801 by Alexander Dalrymple, with pencil annotations (Manuscript)
1801-07-29
CRK/16/50
Boyles to Nelson, Plymouth, 13 October 1803, thanks for complying with my request, invasion fears, recommend Mr Bromley who was purser in the BELLISLE when I was captain (Manuscript)
1803-10-13 - ?
CRK/2/74
Nelson to Nepean, HMS AMAZON, Downs, September 1801, (with a transcript) on the subject of an expedition and the stirring up of papers in Deal against Nelson, and complaining at lack of promotions for those who fought in the attempt on Boulogne (Manuscript)
1801
CRK/15/1
Nelson to Evan Nepean, Secretary of the Admiralty, HMS AGAMEMNON, Genoa Mole, 13 November 1795 (draft), report on the strength of the French army, views of General de Vins, intense cold weather, vessels loaded with corn for France, French attacks on posts near Genoa, his protest at breach of neutrality (Manuscript)
1795-11-13 - ?
CRK/14/8
Nelson to the Duke of Clarence, HMS AGAMEMNON, off Marseilles, 27 October 1794, [draft by Nelson], sent to report on the enemy force in Toulon, cooperation with the Austrian General de Vins at Vado Bay, but lack activity by them and the Piedmontese (Manuscript)
1794-10-27
CRK/14/4
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