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Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825
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Wellington to Purvis, Cadiz, 25 April 1810, reporting the attack on Trocedero (Manuscript)
1810-04-25
PRV/58/4
Translation, 20 October 1807, (copy), proclamation of the Prince regent of Portugal for shutting his ports against the English. (Manuscript)
1807-10-20
PRV/51/11
Translation, 30 October 1807, declaration of the Prince regent of Portugal. (Manuscript)
1807-10-30
PRV/51/10
Brillart (?) to Purvis, Tangier, 22 April 1810, French (Manuscript)
1810-04-22
PRV/58/3
Lord Hawkesbury, Downing Street, to Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 7 November 1807. Secret message General Sir John Moore. (Manuscript)
1807-11-07
PRV/51/13
Wellington, Seville, to Purvis (Cadiz), 20 October 1809, 'Britannia letter' (Manuscript)
1809-10-20
PRV/56/7
Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, HMS LIVELY, Cadiz Harbour, to Purvis (Vice Admiral of the blue), 29 April 1810, orders (Manuscript)
1810-04-29
PRV/58/5
Lieutenant- General Thomas Graham, Cadiz, to Purvis, 26 March 1810, proposed attack on Trocadero (Manuscript)
1810-03-26
PRV/57/20
Strangford to Purvis, Lisbon, 24 October 1807, Portuguese royal decree closing ports (Manuscript)
1807-10-24
PRV/51/9
Council of Regency to English Minister, translated copy, 24 March 1810, orders (Manuscript)
1810-03-24
PRV/57/17
Captain Hallowell, HMS TIGRE, Port Mahon, to Purvis, 25 March 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-03-25
PRV/57/19
Wellington, Cadiz, to Purvis, Cadiz, 25 March 1810, re proposed attack on the French ports on the Island of Trocadero (Manuscript)
1810-03-25
PRV/57/18
Translation of Articles decreed by a Provisional Spanish Government at Seville (Manuscript)
PRV/59/2
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Off Cadiz, most secret, 22 January 1808, Castlereagh's instructions to Major General Spencer, Ceuta (Manuscript)
1808-01-22
PRV/52/3
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Gibraltar, 15 December 1809, re transport of Prince Leopold's suite (Manuscript)
1809-12-15
PRV/56/13
Samuel Hood, off Toulon, to Purvis, 4 May 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-05-04
PRV/58/11
Lieutenant McKenzie, HMS ANN, Gibraltar Bay, to Lord Henry Paulet (senior officer in Gibraltar Bay), HMS TERRIBLE, Gibraltar Bay, 25 November 1807, an account of the HMS ANN against the Spanish off Gibraltar. (Manuscript)
1807-11-25
PRV/51/17
Despatch and copy of a letter for Purvis from Wellington, 14 December 1809, Spanish government (Manuscript)
1809-12-14
PRV/56/12
Purvis's general description of the Azores, 1808 (Manuscript)
1808
PRV/52/1
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Gibraltar, 16 December 1809, (copy), re transport of Prince Leopold's ships to Sicily (Manuscript)
1809-12-16
PRV/56/14
Lieutenant Hilton, London, to Purvis, Portsmouth, 15 May 1810, re promotion (Manuscript)
1810-05-15
PRV/58/12
Admiral Sir Charles Cotton to Purvis (Vice Admiral of the blue), 29 April 1810, orders (Manuscript)
1810-04-29
PRV/58/7
Sir Sydney Smith to Purvis, 22 November 1807, blockade of the river Tagus. Copy (Manuscript)
1807-11-22
PRV/51/16
Prince of Monforte, Porto Maria, to Purvis (translation), 21 December 1808, security of Spanish vessels. (Manuscript)
1808-12-21
PRV/54/14
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