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Grey to Markham, on getting St George ready and ensuring the head and bobstays are secure, told Coffin that workmen to leave as she unmoors, Malta ready, Lord St Vincent leaving Rame house for London (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/8/100
Names of ships on each station, some pencil amendments, giving rates, brigs and schooners, hired ships for defence and convoy, armed cutters etc, lists of ships fitting at various ports, and list of ships under the orders of the port admirals, and list of impress tenders (Manuscript)
1805
MRK/111/2/2
Admiral Sir George Rodney, CinC, Formidable, Port Royal Jamaica, to Captain Marcom [sic] HM Sloop Zebra, order to proceed to Isle of Vache on South side of St Domingo to deliver dispatches to Rear Admiral Drake or to the captain of the Prince William (Manuscript)
1781
MRK/100/1/5
Mr Robertson, Borough, to Markham, HMS Centaur, Plymouth Dock, on settling the account for the Lady Washington, Mr Purvis has left London, with copy on reverse of letter of 23 Dec 1799, Mr Robertson to Mr Purvis, on Markham about to go to sea (Manuscript)
1799
MRK/100/3/44
Rowley Sheerness, to Markham, on Mr Grenville’s reply to my application for Newfoundland, prefer the Downs to allow Mrs R to be with me, otherwise reconciled to the miseries of this place, most are satisfied, hope to move into flagship into the Downs, on manning ships. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/5/30
Hamilton to Markham, on the merits of Lundy Island, for a prison etc, but lack of water. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/11/16
Mark Kerr, to Markham, planning to attend court, asking for Markham to present him at court, and to the First Lord who he does not know. (Manuscript)
1802
MRK/108/2/17
St Vincent, Hibernia in the Tagus, to Markham, on repair of the Ville de Paris, and the Royal Sovereign for admiral Thornborough, use of riders in ships, view of Sir William Rule and Henslow on naval architecture, building of 74s, views on Seppings and Peake, use of Falmouth harbour (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/1/130
Owen, Clyde Dungeness, to Markham, (2 pages) results of of the trial of the rockets, a very dangerous weapon to the enemy, volley of 4 rockets fired from a 6 oared cutter can reload in 5 minutes, complaints of Congreve unfounded, having given every assistance and advice on some nonsensical ideas (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/7/60
Office of Naval Enquiry, No 24 Great George Street, by Chas M Pole, Ewan Law, John Ford , Henry Nicholls, (Printed), Pages 185 to 193, (earlier pages torn and missing) with Appendix on Block Contract and Cooper’s contract, pages 195 to 244 (remainder missing) Extract filed with printed papers MRK/111/1/10 (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/105/5/13
MM to Captain Markham, HMS Centaur, Cove Ireland, in Markham, on the house in Charles St, heard from Eliz Cosgrove, on a letter from poor Bess, Barbadoes 27 Dec, on plans to visit London, on her brother and Fanny, on payment of taxes and separate purses, payment from 11 Sept that black and wretched day, on plans for carriage, news of fleet of victuallers to Brest and loss of provisions (Manuscript)
1798
MRK/107/3/15
Ades estate papers (Manuscript)
1837
MRK/109/5/19
William Marsden, Admiralty Office to Osborne Markham on His Majesty’s approbation of the appointment, with a reply of 22 May 1805 from Osborne Markham, Portugal street, to William Marsden with his justification for his actions, refusing the seat on the Transport Board as it would amount to an acceptance of wrongdoing (Manuscript)
1805
MRK/107/4/32
Letter in Arabic with translation dated 25 Rabek, from MRK/100/2/197 to Markham, on the repair of 2 ships, with rigging and money from Tangiers, requesting a decision (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/198
Lord Keith to Markham, nothing moving on the opposite coast, will take time to collect his seamen not more than 10,000 are about Boulogne, there were 25,000 when the camp broke up last year. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/204
Osborne Markham, Bishopsthorpe to Markham, Admiralty, (private) asking him to speak to Lord St Vincent on his situation, and to accept nothing to violate his seat in Parliament, mentioning Markham’s hesitation in pressing it upon Lord M, with family news (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/107/4/34
Rowley, Sheerness, to Markham, Antelope ready to proceed, and Gorgon or Falcon ready for Tonningen convoy, manning of ships, on orders for ships to take on guns at Gillingham, but not done for 5 years, now at Chatham, on the Archangel ships with no convoy, on table money for himself and Admiral Holloway (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/5/50
Lord Keith to Markham, on detained ships, sending a letter about the Cape and India accounts too long delayed, hard on individuals, Dutch ships getting into the Maas Dieppe to make a show, agents have incurred an expense of one thousand pounds for the detained ships for pilotage, light money, harbour dues, and taking kings advocate opinion. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/3/208
Hamilton to Markham, enclosing a memo from Mr Roberts, on expense of water pumps. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/11/17
Lovelace, Malaga, to Mr Edward Evitt, annexing memo on monies weight and prices of butts etc, also inferior wines at cheaper price, with listing overleaf of amounts and costs, and a list of coins in copper silver and gold (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/185
M Ramage, Rame Place, to Markham on condition of Rame house, on damage to ships in bad weather, on accident with a boat, on St Vincent’s opinion, and 20 November on preparing rooms (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/105/3/25
Admiralty Commissioners to Captain Markham, HMS Carysfort at Woolwich, to discharge Richard Davies Boatswain’s mate and send pay list for his wages (Manuscript)
1782
MRK/100/1/11
Admiral John Markham in letters from Sir Rupert George, Admiral Sir Thomas Hamilton, Admiral Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson and Sir George Shee (Manuscript)
1803-1806
MRK/101/11/64-112
Mr George Kewertron, HMS Guildford, to Sir Isaac Coffin, (enclosed in MRK/101/12/112), on the conduct of his commanding officer Lieutenant Trotter, on sending his wife out of the ship, and other complaints (Manuscript)
1807
MRK/101/12/113
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