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Notebook: Public Record Office notebook, West Indian notes, n.d. (Manuscript)
LUB/20/16
Notebook: Public Record Office notebook, West Indian notes, n.d.
Notebook: Doran Cutting Album No. 2 Index (1 book), n.d. (Manuscript)
LUB/20/6
Notebook: Doran Cutting Album No. 2 Index (1 book), n.d.
Notebook: Doran Cutting Album No.1 Index (Manuscript)
circa 1923-11
LUB/20/4
Notebook: Doran Cutting Album No.1 Index
Notebook: 'My pictures and prints of ships', n.d. (Manuscript)
LUB/20/27
Notebook: 'My pictures and prints of ships', n.d.
Watch, quarter, station and fire bills (blank) for ironclads and frigates (Manuscript)
LUB/20/33
Watch, quarter, station and fire bills (blank) for ironclads and frigates
Notebook: Brigs, list of prints and illustrations, n.d. (Manuscript)
LUB/20/31
Notebook: Brigs, list of prints and illustrations, n.d.
Notebook: 'The Tea Clippers', list of complimentary copies, n.d. (Manuscript)
LUB/20/23
Notebook: 'The Tea Clippers', list of complimentary copies, n.d.
Notebook: Charges and Chances Strains and Stresses of Life, n.d. (Manuscript)
LUB/20/7
Notebook: Charges and Chances Strains and Stresses of Life, n.d.
Museum notebook - The Golden Age of Sail, n.d. (Manuscript)
LUB/20/10
Museum notebook - The Golden Age of Sail, n.d.
Notebook: Doran Cutting Album No.2 Index. (Manuscript)
circa 1926-05
LUB/20/5
Notebook: Doran Cutting Album No.2 Index.
Logbook of HM Steam Sloop POLYPHEMUS, Commander Charles G Phillips, H M Steam Corvette COSSACK, Captain E G Farnshawe. (Manuscript)
1853-1855
LOG/N/P/10
Logbook of HM Steam Sloop POLYPHEMUS, Commander Charles G Phillips, West Coast of Africa for suppression of slave trade, 1853-1854; H M Steam Corvette COSSACK, Captain E G Farnshawe, Cromarty, Sheerness, Holland, 1854-55, no name of keeper, see full list in printed catalogue for further details
Notebook (possibly belonging to Commander Kelly) HMS WINCHESTER, 1842-43; HMS CONWAY, 1844 (Manuscript)
1842-1844
LUB/20/32
Notebook (possibly belonging to Commander Kelly) HMS WINCHESTER, 1842-1843; HMS CONWAY, 1844
Pocket journal belonging Captain John Hudson on HMS TARTAR. (Manuscript)
1821
HUD/2/1
Pocket journal of Captain John Hudson starting 1st January 1821 when in command of HMS TARTAR serving off the West coast of Africa in suppression of the slave trade.
Hudson, John, Captain, 1795-1869; and Hudson, Thomas Keith, Captain, 1836-1922. (Manuscript)
1821-1982
HUD
Journal of Captain John Hudson for the year 1821, in command of the TARTAR when serving off the West coast of Africa in the suppression of the Slave Trade; journal of John Hudson, PHILOMEL, 1 September 1829 - 5 July 1830.…
Memoirs of a foretopman in the Royal Navy from 1850 to 1864. (Notebook)
1850-1864
BGR/51
Memoirs of an un-named foretopman in the Royal Navy from 1850 to 1864. Written in an exercise book, printed by E.J. Arnold & Son LTD.
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'The Debate on a Motion for the Abolition of the
Slave
-
Trade
, In the House of Commons on Monday and Tuesday
1792
MGS/57
Paperback book, 'The Debate on a Motion for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade, In the House of Commons on Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19, 1791, reported in detail' (printed by James Phillips & George Yard, London, 1792).
Wellcome (Manuscript)
WEL
The collection consists of fifty volumes and loose papers. The largest group of items is of ships' logs.…
Maxwell, William Henry, Admiral, 1840-1920. (Manuscript)
1873-1889
MAX
Papers consist of eight of Admiral Maxwell's journals. Written between December 1873 and April 1889, they begin with Maxwell's early childhood reminiscences and record his career in the Royal Navy.…
Logbook of HMS SYBILLE and HMS BLACK JOKE. (Manuscript)
1827-04-20 - 1829-12
LOG/N/41
Along with daily ship positions, the log contains details of the capture of various slave ships beginning with the HENRIQUETA. Renamed BLACK JOKE, entries explain the vessel was taken into service as a tender to HMS SYBILLE in December 1827.
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Illustrations to Chapter Two ("Delagoa") of 'Narrative of the Voyage of H.M. Vessels Leven and Barracouta' by Thomas Boteler. (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/2-12
Eleven illustrations marked "Chapter 2" or similar, of landscapes, objects, people and scenes from Delagoa (now known as Maputo). See page level records for descriptions of each.
Photograph and memoirs of Frederick Robert Burrow. (Manuscript)
1854-1920
HSR/G/5
A Death Certificate and Memoirs of Frederick Robert Burrow (1836 - 1920) (made by his daughter from his dictation) including a two page record on HMS COQUETTE, 1862-1864 whist stationed at China seas;.…
'An Act to carry into effect certain licenses, permitting the removal of Negro slaves from the Bahama Islands to Demerara' (Manuscript)
1820-07-15
MGS/64/28
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade which contain historical and offensive terms: George IV, Chapter 50, 'An Act to carry into effect certain licenses, permitting the removal of Negro slaves from the Bahama Islands to Demerara', dated 15 July 1820.
This volume contains information about the
slave
trade
.
c.1788-c.1793
P/16/11
Content Warning: This item contains content which may cause distress. Some of the historic imagery and language expressed here is considered offensive, and its presence is not an endorsement of the terms. It has been retained to reflect the historical context of the times.
…
Jukes-Hughes family papers (Manuscript)
1781-1920
JHS
The collection mainly relates to the naval careers of Captain Edward Glyn de Stryap Jukes-Hughes (1883-1966) and his father Commander Robert Jukes Hughes (1845-1928).
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