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Owen, Clyde off Boulogne, to Markham, rocket plan carried into action, proved 3 things: efficacy of the weapon, could not get near enough to the beach, a few select boats have better prospect of success than a numerous collection; direction of fire not sufficiently on the harbour (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/101/7/69
Charles Stirling, Sampson, at Sea, to unknown (Copy), on the purchase of fresh beef and surgeons necessaries, on disease caused by lead in the water tanks, on the rate of exchange, enclosed in MRK/102/7/6 (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/102/7/7
John Carter, Portsmouth to Markham, on canvassing for the election, recommending Captain Slade, with letter on the reverse of Sept 26 1806, from J Styles? Adamant ,The coast of Guinea, To Sir John Carter, with a request to Admiral Markham for a convoy to England (Manuscript) 1816 MRK/106/1/33
Captain Mansfield, Dryad at Spithead, to Markham, on Lieut Williams to be superseded, recommending another, Lady Gardner to arrive, will remember the wine, annotated, Lieutenant Quest appointed and a young man put on my list (Manuscript) 1801 MRK/102/4/90
Lovelace, Malaga to Mr Evitt, no objection to plan of account, discount does not hold good here, ordered by express from Gibraltar not to supply any more oranges, query whether duties are to be included (Manuscript) 1784 MRK/100/2/188
Sir John Lindsay, to Markham, with orders to distribute papers to consuls at Algiers, Morocco, Tripoli and Tunis in the Kingfisher sloop (Manuscript) 1784 MRK/100/2/83
Captain Crofton, Snake, Chatham, asking for a new sloop, having paid off a bad ship and going in a packet to the West Indies to bring home another in bad condition, and the winter convoy (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/102/1/165
Markham, Centaur, off Ciudadela, Minorca ,to Mrs Markham at Portugal St, on an easy capitulation here, though General Stuart may not say so, his views on taking a house, and earning prize money offered but refused to take home dispatches, on her expenses (Manuscript) 1798 MRK/107/2/11
Memo on the comparison of the expense of materials, workmanship and time in repairs to HM ships Spartiate and Canopus, according to the normal method, and that proposed by Mr Robert Seppings of Plymouth Yard, showing savings in favour of Canopus (Manuscript) 1801 MRK/105/13/11
Rowley, Sheerness, to Markham, on the number of harbour duty men, order arrived to hasten the vessels, not idle, hoping for a more active service to the Westward, news of Thornborough and Duckworth for the Channel fleet, Grey not agreeing to my service (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/101/5/18
Holloway to Markham, on ordnance of the Glatton, needs more men, thanks from Mrs Otway, is a candidate for the Newfoundland command (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/101/9/8
Grey, Portsmouth to Markham, on the discharge of a serjeant of Marines, recommending Philip Phillips to succeed at Sheerness, found the leak in the Malta, directed to copper the Nile, convoy for the Indiamen, (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/101/8/95
Lord Keith, [Sheerness] to Markham, on Bonaparte, advertising for gun vessels, sent to Sir Sidney [Smith] to put him on his guard and shall circulate the contents of the enemies plan today (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/11
Copy of account transmitted by Mr Griffiths to George Purvis, on the distribution of shares of the Lady Washington captured by the Blonde, commanded by Captain Markham, sold by Thomas Griffiths, agents, and the proceeds of the Polly (Manuscript) 1796 MRK/100/3/38
Order of Admiral Peter Parker CinC Jamaica, to Lieutenant Markham, HMS Hinchinbroke, order to be ready to proceed off the east end of the Island (Manuscript) 1782 MRK/100/1/4
Mr Whidbey, Woolwich, to Markham, on his high opinion of Mr Congreve’s abilities, but should leave shipbuilding alone, on Mr Jessops report on the repair of the pier at Lyme in Dorsetshire but it dries out; high opinion of Mr Rennie, but he is out of favour with the Prince of Wales’s people (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/104/3/74
Walter Taylor, Southampton, to Lord St Vincent (Copy), on the cost of his loss of twenty thousand pounds for the contract for blocks, value of buildings and machines and stock, 40 years of production and improvement abandoned for an untried scheme (Manuscript) 1802 MRK/105/12/14
Henrietta Maria Moriorty, Rochester, to Markham, on her husband Colonel Matthew Moriorty, of the Marines, recounting his service before his death from yellow fever, offering her services as matron to the Royal Naval Asylum, annotated 11 Jan, such an appointment does not lie with the Admiralty (Manuscript) 1807 MRK/104/4/22
Lieutenant Charles Wintour, Richmond Green, to Markham, seeking a passage to the Mediterranean for his health, annotated, to come to me a month hence when I will see what I can do for him (Manuscript) 1801 MRK/103/2/42
To John Markham Esq, (My dear Jack) having left Plymouth, describing visit to the Dockyard the Tamar and Eddystone, with views on the commissioner (Manuscript) 1785 MRK/108/4/13
Robert Stopford to Wm Marsden, on arrest of an officer for misconduct, with draft reply of 22 June 1807 from Marsden to Captain Stopford, on the order sent to Admiral Montagu at Portsmouth to put him under arrest, agree to recall the order (Manuscript) 1807 MRK/102/7/26
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock to Markham, on manning the Foudroyant, , criticism of complaints, Admiral Cornwallis off again, progress of ships, differ on keeping transports in Cawsand bay with beer and water instead of lighters (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/8/42
Markham copy of Admiral Dickinson’s remarks with comments upon them, on officers pay and benefits, and transport ships discipline, on Dutch fishing boats, with Admiral Dickinson’s proposals (extract) (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/105/10/17
Carter, Portsmouth, to Markham, to pay Mt Goodenough 100.17.0 pounds, on the purser of the Brunswick, , recommending Lieutenant Robert Ingram of the Princess of Orange, and Mr Cosby for the clerk of the cheque at Deptford (Manuscript) 1807 MRK/106/1/26