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Letter from Pay Office, relating to payments from the Chatham Chest, July 1715. (Manuscript)
1715-07
FFX/3/1/13
Letter to his mother, mentioning fox hunting with James II, December 1687. (Manuscript)
1687 - 12
FFX/6/1/10
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay to June 1715. (Manuscript)
1715-08
FFX/3/1/14
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay, March 1715. (Manuscript)
1715-03
FFX/3/1/12
Letter to his mother, concerning his brother's baby daughter. [Very poor condition] (Manuscript)
1687 - 01
FFX/6/1/7
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay to Dec 1714, June 1715. (Manuscript)
1715-06
FFX/3/1/10
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay for June 1714, September 1714. (Manuscript)
1714-09
FFX/3/1/8
Commission to command EXPEDITION signed by the Commissioners for Executing the Office of the Lord High Admiral, December 1701. (Manuscript)
1701-12
FFX/1/10
Certificate from Commissioners for Registering Seamen (register ticket), Number 407 [This certificate is almost identical to Ffx/1/5 differing only in the signatories], September 1696 (Manuscript)
1696-09
FFX/1/6
Copy of a letter to Mr Secretary, relating to Dr Bollingbrooke's presenting Fairfax's Memorial to Queen Anne (February 1714). (Manuscript)
1714-07
FFX/3/3/21
Commission to command the SEVERNE signed by theCommissioners for Executing the Office of the Lord High Admiral, January 1699. (Manuscript)
1696-09
FFX/1/8
Commission to command CAMBRIDGE signed by the Commissioners for Executing the Office of the Lord High Admiral, April 1701. (Manuscript)
1701-04
FFX/1/9
Copy of a petition to the Queen, requesting half pay commensurate with the rank he has been denied (Vice Admiral of the Blue), by dint of it being awarded to Lord Dursley, 1713. (Manuscript)
1713-08
FFX/3/3/19
Letter from his uncle, relating to to winter ills, January 1712. (Manuscript)
1712 - 01
FFX/6/3/13
Commission to command the PEMBROKE signed by Rear Admiral Francis Wheler, Commander in Chief, West Indies, June 1693, signed in New England. (Manuscript)
1693-06
FFX/1/2
Memorial to Queen Anne, relating that he has not received his half pay since the death of Lord High Admiral, Prince George of Denmark (Manuscript)
1710 - 04
FFX/3/3/17
An account of the damage sustained by the BERWICK in an engagement with the French at the battle of Malaga, August 1704. (Manuscript)
1704-08
FFX/2/2/13
Memorial, that shortly before his death, the Lord High Admiral, Prince George of Denmark, granted Fairfax a seat at his Council and the half pay of a Vice Admiral of the Blue (Manuscript)
1710 - 04 - 22
FFX/3/3/15
Memorial of Robert Fairfax. (Manuscript)
1710-04
FFX/3/3/16
Letter from Mr Blackett, relating to Col Norcliffe, August 1714. (Manuscript)
1714 - 08
FFX/4/2/2
Second copy of ffx/4/1/9 (Manuscript)
1713 - 09
FFX/4/1/10
Commission to command HM Ships in the Thames and Medway and preside over courts martial, March 1706. (Manuscript)
1706-03
FFX/1/17
Commission as Commander in Chief of naval forces in the Thames and Medway, signed by Prince George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral, March 1706. (Manuscript)
1706-03
FFX/1/15
Letter concerning complaints against Fairfax's election at York, by his rival candidate, Mr Tobias Jenkins, September 1713. (Manuscript)
1713 - 09
FFX/4/1/8
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