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Admiralty Compass Observatory
Alexander, Jane Letitia Trowbridge
Armit, Thomas Napier
Arrowsmith, John
Atlantic Telegraph Company
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Back, George
Bailey, William Swaffield
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Sample printed forms used for issuing orders to HM Ships, mainly for signature by the C-in-C, 1856-
1857
1856-1857-12-31
CAL/328
Orders and receipts for government money carried as freight, 1796-1808. (Manuscript)
1796-1808
GSS/4
Uncatalogued: Collingwood, H, Lieutenant, Fl. 1849-
1857
1849-1979
RIN/143
Papers relating to the Administration of the Navy: newspaper cuttings. (Manuscript)
1856-1857-12-31
MLN/145/9
Logbook of HMS DUKE OF WELLINGTON, kept by Lieutenant E H Hinde. (Manuscript)
1856-01-01 - 1857-12-31
LOG/N/D/10
Wilkinson, William, Commander, 1777-
1857
1807-01-01 - 1832-12-31
WIL/2
Greene, Sir William Graham (Secretary Of The Admiralty),
1857
-1950
1885
GEE/10
Greene, Sir William Graham (Secretary Of The Admiralty),
1857
-1950
1917-03-24
GEE/12
Greene, Sir William Graham (Secretary Of The Admiralty),
1857
-1950
1871-03-30
GEE/4
Greene, Sir William Graham (Secretary Of The Admiralty),
1857
-1950
1916-1917
GEE/7
Papers relating to the career of Captain Dixie, and miscellaneous documents. (Manuscript)
DIX/4
Journal kept on board ABERFOYLE,
1857
1859
JOD/293/2
Navigational workbook of Staff-Commander Henry A. Moriarty kept in the ships RETRIBUTION, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, AGAMEMNON, ROYAL ALBERT, MARLBOROUGH, GREAT EASTERN. (Manuscript)
1851-01-01 - 1866-12-31
NVP/16
Service documents for James Reveley, Master, RN. (Manuscript)
1857-1880
ADL/Z/42
Uncatalogued: Notebooks and logbooks kept by Thomas Westlake, mathematician. (Manuscript)
1824-1863
MSS/80/064
Logbook of HMS IMPREGNABLE, kept by R Sperling. (Manuscript)
1857-01-01 - ?
LOG/N/J/6
Notes on shipbuilding by John Edye. (Manuscript)
1857-01-01 - ?
SPB/3
Papers relating to Conditions of Service: tables of statistics. (Manuscript)
1857-1877-12-31
MLN/153/3
Manchester Ship Canal Co (Manuscript)
1857-01-01 - 1902-12-31
MSC/72
Greene, Sir William Graham (Secretary Of The Admiralty),
1857
-1950
1915-1916
GEE/11
Greene, Sir William Graham (Secretary Of The Admiralty),
1857
-1950
1888-02-14
GEE/6
Greene, Sir William Graham (Secretary Of The Admiralty),
1857
-1950
1879-1894
GEE/9
FOREST QUEEN, ketch of Southampton. (Manuscript)
1857-01-01 - ?
AML/P/6
Portsmouth Dockyard (Manuscript)
1857-01-01 - ?
ADM/Y/P/138
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