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Lists of men received on and discharged from the AUDACIOUS 18 Jun-28 September 1794 and a list of prisoners-of-war transferred 23 November 1794 (Manuscript)
1794-1794
MKH/13
Papers relating to Hood's command of the AUDACIOUS: lists of men received on and discharged from the AUDACIOUS 18 Jun-28 September 1794 and a list of prisoners-of-war transferred 23 November 1794
Miscellaneous correspondence 25 April 1782-12 May 1797 (Manuscript)
1782-1797
MKH/18
Miscellaneous correspondence 25 April 1782-12 May 1797, see full list in printed catalogue for details
Pamphlet entitled 'An Address to the Seamen in the British Navy...July 1797.' (Manuscript)
1797-07
MKH/15.2
Pamphlet ‘An Address to the Seamen in the British Navy…July 1797 (found in DRW 12)
Logbook of the RESOLUTION 1 January-16 September 1773 on Cook's second voyage of circumnavigation with three illustrations and a certificate of reference signed by Cook 5 August 1775 pasted in the front. (Manuscript)
1773-1775
MKH/24
Logbook of the RESOLUTION 1 January-16 September 1773 on Cook's second voyage of circumnavigation with three illustrations and a certificate of reference signed by Cook 5 August 1775 pasted in the front.
Signal book issued to Hood, HEBE, by Admiral Richard, Lord Howe in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE in Torbay 1 Oct 1793 (Manuscript)
1793-10-01
MKH/33
Signal book issued to Hood, HEBE, by Admiral Richard, Lord Howe in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE in Torbay 1 Oct 1793
Volume of instructions explanatory of and relating to the signal book issued to Hood by Admiral Richard, Lord Howe in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE in Torbay 1 Oct 1793 (Manuscript)
1793-10-01
MKH/34
Volume of instructions explanatory of and relating to the signal book issued to Hood by Admiral Richard, Lord Howe in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE in Torbay 1 Oct 1793
Two letters from Hood to his father Samuel Hood, one dated 1 April 1772, prior to sailing with Cook in the RESOLUTION, listing the clothing and equipment that Captain Alexander Hood had provided for the voyage. (Manuscript)
1772-04-01
MKH/17
Two letters from Hood to his father Samuel Hood, one dated 1 April 1772, prior to sailing with Cook in the RESOLUTION, listing the clothing and equipment that Captain Alexander Hood had provided for the voyage.
Letters to his wife, Lady Amelia Anne Hood from Lady Bridport and from Arthur William Acland Hood, 21 Oct 1815-6 November 1841 (Manuscript)
1815-1841
MKH/305
Letters to his wife, Lady Amelia Anne Hood from Lady Bridport and from Arthur William Acland Hood, 21 Oct 1815-6 November 1841
Letters from Lady Bridport 31 January 1814-17 June 1825 and undated (Manuscript)
1814-1825
MKH/301
Letters from Lady Bridport 31 January 1814-17 June 1825 and undated
Letters from Mid Arthur William Acland Hood 5 Aug 1840-18 August 1841 (Manuscript)
1840-1841
MKH/303
Letters from Mid Arthur William Acland Hood 5 Aug 1840-18 August 1841
Letters from Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 3 July 1779-14 November 1782 mainly from the West Indies together with some copies of Lord Hood's official correspondence 26 May-11 November 1782 (Manuscript)
1779-1782
MKH/501
Letters from Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 3 July 1779-14 November 1782 mainly from the West Indies together with some copies of Lord Hood's official correspondence 26 May-11 November 1782
Volume of instructions explanatory of and relating to the signal book, issued to Hood, HEBE, by Vice-Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, in the VICTORY 13 June 1791 (Manuscript)
1791-06-13
MKH/32
Volume of instructions explanatory of and relating to the signal book, issued to Hood, HEBE, by Vice-Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, in the VICTORY 13 June 1791
Signal book issued to Captain Keith Stewart, FORMIDABLE, by Admiral Richard, Lord Howe in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE at Spithead 25 July 1790 (Manuscript)
1790-07-25
MKH/31
Signal book issued to Captain Keith Stewart, FORMIDABLE, by Admiral Richard, Lord Howe in the QUEEN CHARLOTTE at Spithead 25 July 1790
Channel and Irish Sea: letters from the Ordnance Board 12 Feb 1790-21 November 1791 and the Victualling Board 19 Feb 1790-14 Oct 1791 (Manuscript)
1790-1791
MKH/3
Papers relating to Hood's command of the HEBE, Channel and Irish Sea: letters from the Ordnance Board 12 Feb 1790-21 November 1791 and the Victualling Board 19 Feb 1790-14 Oct 1791
Channel and Irish Sea: orders, letters and memoranda from Vice-Admiral Robert Roddam 23 January 1790-1 March 1791 (Manuscript)
1790-1791
MKH/4
Papers relating to Hood's command of the HEBE, Channel and Irish Sea: orders, letters and memoranda from Vice-Admiral Robert Roddam 23 January 1790-1 March 1791
Channel and Irish Sea: orders, letters and memoranda from Admiral Richard, Lord Howe 10 Jul-31 Oct 1790 and 1 Oct 1793-22 April 1794 (Manuscript)
1790-1794
MKH/7
Papers relating to Hood's command of the HEBE, Channel and Irish Sea: orders, letters and memoranda from Admiral Richard, Lord Howe 10 Jul-31 Oct 1790 and 1 Oct 1793-22 April 1794
Papers of Convict Transport QUEEN, Dublin-New South Wales and complaints against her master, Richard Owen and Agent, Lieutenant Samuel Blow 18 November 1790-21 April 1791 including a copy of the contract and lists of the crew and prisoners (Manuscript)
1790-1791
MKH/9
Papers relating to Hood's command of the HEBE, Channel and Irish Sea: relating to the Convict Transport QUEEN, Dublin-New South Wales and complaints against her master, Richard Owen and Agent, Lieutenant Samuel Blow 18 November 1790-21 April 1791 including a copy of the contract and lists of th…
Sketches showing dispositions of ships at the Battle of Ushant, 12 July 1778 (Manuscript)
1778-07-12
MKH/508
Sketches showing dispositions of ships at the Battle of Ushant, 12 July 1778
Papers of Bridport's first wife Molly, nee West, 9 March 1743-26 March 1775 including several letters to various people. (Manuscript)
1743-1775
MKH/509
Papers of Bridport's first wife Molly, nee West, 9 March 1743-26 March 1775 including letters from her brothers, Rev Gilbert West and Captain Temple West, also from Lord George Lyttelton, William Henry Lyttelton, Admiral Samuel Lord Hood, Thomas Pitt and a copy of a letter to William Pitt, see …
Letters and copies of letters from Bridport including ones to Sir Richard Lyttleton, 5 May 1761; William Pitt, Lord George John Spencer, 17 August 1799 with a copy of Spencer's letter of 15 Aug; Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 13 March 1806; and to Samuel Hood (Manuscript)
1761-1810
MKH/506
Letters and copies of letters from Bridport including ones to Sir Richard Lyttleton, 5 May 1761; William Pitt, Lord George John Spencer, 17 August 1799 with a copy of Spencer's letter of 15 Aug; Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 13 March 1806; and to Samuel Hood, 2nd Lord Bridport, 13 May 1810 with a …
'List of Prizes on Account of which payment has been made to Lord Viscount Bridport by Mr Hunt' n.d.; receipt for fees paid in creating Bridport a Baron of Great Britain, 24 June 1796; and a tax receipt for 7 Harley Street, St Mare-le-bone, 14 Oct 1805 (Manuscript)
1796-1805
MKH/507
'List of Prizes on Account of which payment has been made to Lord Viscount Bridport by Mr Hunt' n.d.; receipt for fees paid in creating Bridport a Baron of Great Britain, 24 June 1796; and a tax receipt for 7 Harley Street, St Mare-le-bone, 14 Oct 1805
Letters to Lady Bridport from various people 15 January 1782-6 Feb 1830 (Manuscript)
1782-1830
MKH/512
Letters to Lady Bridport from various people 15 January 1782-6 Feb 1830 and undated including ones from Hester, Lady Chatham, Captain Alexander Hood, Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, Samuel Hood, 2nd Lord Bridport, John Henderson and Sir Alexander Hood
Letters to Mrs Alexander Hood from Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood 15 August 1804-29 September 1814 (Manuscript)
1804-1814
MKH/21
Letters to Mrs Alexander Hood from Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood 15 August 1804-29 September 1814
Volume of printed sailing and fighting instructions issued to Hood, L'AIMABLE by Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood, BARFLEUR, Port Royal, Jamaica 10 July 1782 (Manuscript)
1782-1782
MKH/26
Volume of printed sailing and fighting instructions issued to Hood, L'AIMABLE by Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood, BARFLEUR, Port Royal, Jamaica 10 July 1782, with additional instructions issued by Admiral George Bridges, Lord Rodney in the FORMIDABLE 19 Feb-10 April 1782
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