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Admiralty Compass Observatory
Albyn Line Ltd
Bax, Bonham Ward
Baynes, Henry Compton Anderson
Beatty, David
Belcher, Edward
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Bond, Reginald Harold Arthur
Bosanquet, Henry Theodore Augustus
Brackenbury, John William
Brett, William
Bridge, Cyprian Arthur George
Bridges, William Maclaren
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
British Records Association
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Cazaly, Musa Charles Elliott
Chine Shipping Co. Ltd
Clifford, Thomas
Codrington, Edward
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Colomb, Philip Howard
Corbett, Julian Stafford
Cowan, Walter Henry
d'Eyncourt, Eustace Henry William Tennyson
Dannreuther, Hubert Edward
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Dick, Royer Mylius
Dockyard, Jamaica
Domvile, Barry Edward
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East Africa Conference
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Grimsby Steam Fishing Vessels Mutual Insurance And Protection Company Limited
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Hamilton, Commander Archibald
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HM Dockyard, Chatham
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Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson, Horatio
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Houlder Brothers and Co Ltd
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India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ceylon Conferences
Inspector of Seamen's Wills, Inspector Of Seamen'S
International Association of Cape Horners British Section
Johnstone, Charles
Kelly, William Archibald Howard
Keppel, Henry
Lampen, Ambrose Maynard Dudley
Laughton, John Knox
Laughton, Leonard George Carr
Lee, Sidney
Leveson-Gower, Osbert Charles Gresham
Lewin, Terence Thornton
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Lister, Francis Allen
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Loraine, Lambton
Lord-Macquitty Collection
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Luce, Stephen Bleecker
MacGregor, Evan
Mahan, Alfred Thayer
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Michael Henley & Son
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Need, Henry
Nelson, Horatio
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
Noel, Gerard Henry Uctred
Oliver, Robert Don
Oppenheim, Michael Morris
Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Owen, Edward William Campbell Rich
Parker, William
Parry, William Edward
Pell, Watkin Owen
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Pennant, Thomas
Peter George Parkhurst
Phillimore, Augustus
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Porter, James
Purcell-Buret, Theobald John Claud
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Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
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Scott, Percy Moreton
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Shipbuilders and Repairers National Association, Shipbuilders and Repairers National
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Sisson, Joseph Lawson
Smith, T. M.
Society for Nautical Research
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Sutherland, B.J., & Co Ltd
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Thorp, George
Tiddeman, Richard, Captain, Ca.1702-1762
Tizard, Thomas Henry
Trinder Anderson & Company Limited
Troubridge, Thomas
Tunstall, William Cuthbert Brian
Vaughan, Herbert Stanley
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17th Century Legal Documents connected with Maritime Affairs. (Manuscript)
1600-1700
BRA/12/A
2 inventories, 10 Kingswood Villas (1882-3?), and one showing dimensions of rooms (n.d.). (Manuscript)
19c
TIZ/34/1-3
Papers concerning relations with the states of Holland, 1649-51. (Manuscript)
1649-05-19 - 1651-05-16
CLI/1-15
Navy Board, Lieutenants' Logs (Manuscript)
1758-01-01 - 1762-12-31
ADM/L/P/337/A-B
Sharpe, Philip William Carwithen, Commander, 1884-1957. (Manuscript)
circa 1900-1940
SHP/101-106
Dictionary of National Biography: Biographical and genealogical notes, surnames beginning A-T. (Manuscript)
LGH/33
Letters and medical notes. (Manuscript)
1899-1901
PTR/6/2
Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1747-1759. (Manuscript)
1747-07-21 - 1759-06-21
HWK/1
Miscellaneous materials on Nelson's funeral. (Manuscript)
1797
WDG/7/9-12
Letter to his mother, relating to 'discourse of wars with Scotland' August 1688. (Manuscript)
1688-08 - ?
FFX/6/1/14
Letter to his mother, relating to war with Tripoli, September 1682. (Manuscript)
1682-09 - ?
FFX/6/1/3
Letter to his mother, concerning 10s from Lady Stapleton, November 1681. (Manuscript)
1681-11 - ?
FFX/6/1/1
Letter to his mother, mentioning fox hunting with James II, December 1687. (Manuscript)
1687-12 - ?
FFX/6/1/10
Letter to his mother, concerning his brother's baby daughter. [Very poor condition] (Manuscript)
1687-01 - ?
FFX/6/1/7
'A computation of expenses and profits of the ship Annabelle', undated. (Manuscript)
FFX/7/1/5
Letter from his uncle in Dublin, advising Fairfax enter Parliament, August 1710. (Manuscript)
1710-08 - ?
FFX/6/3/10
Map of Europe, 1914. (Manuscript)
20th century
LIS/17/1/3
Bundles of letters to Lindsay. (Manuscript)
1849-01-01 - 1877-12-31
LND/2/11-17
Horatio Nelson: letters to Mrs Pigot, n.d. and Palermo, 10 January 1799. (Manuscript)
1799-01-01 - ?
AGC/N/28
Letters received relating to research on flags, 1878-1911. (Manuscript)
1878-1911
LGH/54
Estimates, 1964-65. (Manuscript)
1964-01-01 - 1965-12-31
NZS/5/6
Lord Nelson: Letters received relating to research on Lord Nelson, 1886-1908. (Manuscript)
1886-1908
LGH/24
Letters received relating to the Navy Records Society, 1896-1909. (Manuscript)
1896-1909
LGH/17
Certificates and commissions, 1827-1877. (Manuscript)
1827-1877-12-31
HTN/61/A
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