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Merchant Shipping: Logs (Manuscript) LOG/M
The earliest of the eighteenth-century logs in this class was kept by John Tregelles, an ordinary seaman, recording voyages in mail packets from the West Country, mainly to the West Indies, between 1703 and 1707.…
Christian family papers (Manuscript) 1798-1828 CHN
The papers relating to Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian all date from 1798 when he was second in command of the Cape of Good Hope station.…
Letters sent by Captain Charles Acland to Christian. Reports on his cruises in HMS HELICON. (Manuscript) 1826-09-08 - 1828-03-04 CHN/104
Letters sent by Captain Charles Acland to Christian. Reports on his cruises in HMS HELICON. They mostly refer the suppression of the East African slave trade.
Indenture (Manuscript) 1813-02-01 MGS/34
Indenture, Cape of Good Hope, between Charles Blair Esq, Collector of Customs, and Mr Jacob van Reenen, relating to the transfer of an enslaved man from the custody of the RN to van Reenen for the term of 14 years as an apprentice in the trade of a 'home servant'.…
An Abstract of the Evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791... (Manuscript) 1791-1791 MGS/56/1
Book entitled 'An Abstract of the Evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791; on the part of the Petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave Trade', published by J. Robertson, Edinburgh, 1791.…
Field, Sir Arthur Mostyn, Admiral, 1855-1950. (Manuscript) 1839-1937 FIE/1-56
The bulk of this sub-collection consists of letters written by Field to his wife when he was captain of HMS PENGUIN surveying in the Pacific, 1896-1899; and from HMS RESEARCH surveying in home waters, 1900 - 191903.…
Account of the service of Sub-Lieutenant George Keith Gordon on HMS BRITON, 1872-1874. (Manuscript) 1932 FIE/43
Typed account of service on HMS BRITON on the east coast of Africa and Zanzibar in 1873, by G. Keith Gordon, a junior officer on the ship which was involved in the suppression of the local trade in enslaved Africans. The account was written in 1932.…
'An Act to reduce the rate of bounties payable upon the seizure of slaves' (Manuscript) 1830-07-16 MGS/64/35
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: William IV, Chapter 55, 'An Act to reduce the rate of bounties payable upon the seizure of slaves', dated 16 July 1830.
'An Act to provide for the support of captured slaves during the period of adjudication' (Manuscript) 1815-07-11 MGS/64/20
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 172, 'An Act to provide for the support of captured slaves during the period of adjudication', dated 11 July 1815.
'An Act for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Colonies; for promoting the industry of the manumitted slaves; and for compensating the persons hitherto entitled to the services of such slaves' (Manuscript) 1833-08-28 MGS/64/37
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: William IV, Chapter 73, 'An Act for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Colonies; for promoting the industry of the manumitted slaves; and for compensating the persons hitherto entitled to the services of such…
Ingram (Manuscript) IGR
The collection consists of twenty-seven logs, journals and letterbooks and some single documents.…
'An Act to remove doubts as to the rights of the liberated Africans in Sierra Leone' (Manuscript) 1853-08-20 MGS/64/84
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 86, 'An Act to remove doubts as to the rights of the liberated Africans in Sierra Leone', dated 20 August 1853.
'An Act to enable Her Majesty to provide for the Government of Her settlements on the coast of Africa and in the Falkland Islands' (Manuscript) 1843-04-11 MGS/64/69
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 13, 'An Act to enable Her Majesty to provide for the Government of Her settlements on the coast of Africa and in the Falkland Islands', dated 11 April 1843.
Journals of Reverend Charles Edward Panter, M.A., R.N., chaplain in the Royal Navy (Manuscript) 1881-1899 JOD/352
Ten volumes containing a continuous journal kept by Reverend Charles Edward Panter, between March 1881 and September 1899. Include explanations of how he secured a nomination for a commission, how his role as chaplain fitted into the organisation of the ship, and his regular duties.…
'An Act for regulating the height between decks of vessels entering outwards for the purpose of carrying slaves from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript) 1797 MGS/64/10
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 118, 'An Act for regulating the height between decks of vessels entering outwards for the purpose of carrying slaves from the coast of Africa', dated 19 July 1797, from Parliaments between 12 July…
Christian, Hood Hanway, Rear-Admiral of the White, 1784-1849. (Manuscript) 1812-1828 CHN/101-169
The papers refer in the main to Christian's period at the Cape of Good Hope, with the exception of an order book from Castro in 1812. There is a section of letters of congratulation on his appointment, correspondents including Admiral Keats, Viscount Exmouth and the second Earl of Malmesbury.…
Austen, Charles John, Rear-Admiral, 1779-1852. (Manuscript) 1815-1851 AUS/101-163
Complete series of sixty-three diaries belonging to Rear-Admiral Charles John Austen kept between 1815 and 1852.
'An Act to amend an Act of last session of Parliament, for carrying into execution a convention made between His Majesty and the King of Portugal, for the preventing the traffic in slaves' (Manuscript) 1819-03-31 MGS/64/25
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 17, 'An Act to amend an Act of last session of Parliament, for carrying into execution a convention made between His Majesty and the King of Portugal, for the preventing the traffic in slaves', da…
'An Act to carry into further execution the provisions of an Act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery' (Manuscript) 1837-12-23 MGS/64/47
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: Victoria, Chapter 3, 'An Act to carry into further execution the provisions of an Act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery', dated 23 December 1837.
'An Act to prevent the importation of slaves, by any of His Majesty's subjects, into any islands, colonies, plantations, or territories belonging to any foreign sovereign, state, or power...' (Manuscript) 1806-05-23 MGS/64/13
British Parliamentary bills relating to the abolition of the slave trade: George III, Chapter 52, 'An Act to prevent the importation of slaves, by any of His Majesty's subjects, into any islands, colonies, plantations, or territories belonging to any foreign sovereign, state, or power; and…