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Notebook on the provinces and villages of Crete. (Manuscript)
SPR/2/19
Notebook about the provinces and villages of Crete (Chapter 13), undated.
A history of Candea, translated from modern Greek, 1859-1860. (Manuscript)
1859-1860
SPR/2/14
Report: the history of Candea, translated briefly from the original modern Greek, 1859-1860, mainly about revolts against the Turks in the 1820s.
Correspondence and charts relating to the Malta-Alexandria telegraph cable, 1861. (Manuscript)
1861
SPR/5/6
Correspondence between Spratt, Vice-Admiral William F. Martin, the Hydrographer, the representative of the Board of Trade and the contractors on the laying of the Malta-Alexandria submarine telegraph cable, February-September 1861, with Spratt's charts soundings along the route.
Report on the geology of Varna and its vicinity, 1857. (Manuscript)
1857
SPR/2/9
Report: On the geology of Varna and its vicinity, 'Quarterly journal of the Geological Sociey', 1857, observations collected at different times, during and after the Crimean War
Remarks on the geology of the northeast part of the Dobrutcha, 1858. (Manuscript)
1858
SPR/2/8
Geological remarks on the N.E. part of the Dobrutcha, 'Quarterly journal of the Geological Society', 1858
Remarks on a fresh water deposit in the Island of Samos, circa 1847. (Manuscript)
circa 1847
SPR/2/6
Remarks on a fresh water deposit in the Island of Samos, (Spratt published 'Remarks on the geology of the Island of Samos' in 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Sociey', 1847 and in several later papers dealt with the distribution of freshwater deposits in the Aegean area)
Minute of a meeting of the Board of Conservators for the River Tees salmon fishery, 1873. (Manuscript)
1873
SPR/4/6
Fisheries Commission, 1866-73: minute of a meeting of the Board of Conservators for the River Tees salmon fishery, recording appreciation of the work of the special commissioners for English fisheries at its conclusion, dated 2 June 1873.
Remarks on the coal bearing deposits near Erekli on the Black Sea, 1877. (Manuscript)
1877
SPR/2/2
Remarks on the coal bearing deposits near Erekli or Penderekli the ancient Heracleia, Black Sea, ('Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', 1877, vol.33).
Copies of correspondence with Robert J. Lane relating to their work as Special Commissioners for Irish Fisheries, September 1866. (Manuscript)
1866
SPR/4/1
Fisheries Commission, 1866-73: copies of correspondence between Spratt and Robert J. Lane relating to their work as Special Commissioners for Irish Fisheries, September 1866.
Letter to Colonel William M. Leake, 1854. (Manuscript)
1854
SPR/3/7
Letter to Colonel William Martin Leake, geographer, Varna, dated 28 April 1854, concerning naval affairs, particularly the Crimean War and archaeological topics.
Letter to Colonel William M. Leake, 1853. (Manuscript)
1853
SPR/3/6
Letter to Colonel William Martin Leake, geographer, Dardanelles, dated 1 December 1853, concerning naval affairs, particularly the Crimean War and archaeological topics.
Remarks on the Dorian Acanthus, circa 1885. (Manuscript)
circa 1885
SPR/2/25
Report: on the Dorian Acanthus, (read in 1884 or 85 to the Society of Antiquaries)
Letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 1869. (Manuscript)
1869
SPR/4/5
Fisheries Commission, 1866-73: letter from Spratt to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 28 January 1869
Commander James Spratt's diary including the Battle of Trafalgar and his subsequent wound. (Manuscript)
c.1805
JOD/281
Commander James Spratt diary of Trafalgar describing the fierce battle with L'AIGLE 80 guns, how he asked Captain Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham of HMS DEFIANCE permission to swim across to L'AIGLE.…
Notes on the physical and economic geography of Crete. (Manuscript)
SPR/2/12
Untitled notes on the physical and economic geography of Crete under 7 headings, perhaps connected with SPR/2/11, undated.
Comparison and study of the earliest and more recent surveys of the approach to Liverpool, 1850-1864. (Manuscript)
1850-1864
SPR/5/8
Report: a comparison and study of the earliest surveys of the banks and channels forming the approach to Liverpool with those of more recent date...etc.
Reports on the state of the island of Crete, 1838-1851. (Manuscript)
1838-1851
SPR/2/11
Reports on the state of the island, 1838-51, with notes from 1821, by Consul Ongley, (on Crete, in Spratt's hand)
Correspondence with John H. Mackenzie, clerk to the Teignmouth Harbour Commissioners, 1850 and 1856. (Manuscript)
1850-1856
SPR/5/9
Letter from Spratt to John H. Mackenzie, clerk to the Teignmouth Harbour Commissioners, dated 1 September 1850, about proposed improvements to the harbour. Also a letter from Mackenzie to Spratt, dated 28 February 1856, and some charts of Teignmouth harbour.
Coast description of the island of Crete, circa 1861. (Manuscript)
circa 1861
SPR/2/13
Coast description of the island of Crete or Candia, draft with corrections by Spratt, (Spratt published 'Sailing directions for the Island of Candia' in 1861).
Observations on possible geological changes to the Gulf of Smyrna. (Manuscript)
SPR/2/10
Observations on the probability of the town of Smyrna being removed 8 or 10 miles from the sea and of the head of the gulf being converted into a lake, in the period of 60 or 70 years hence, undated.
Remarks on the Bug estuary and the approach to Nikolaef, circa 1855. (Manuscript)
circa 1855
SPR/2/5
Remarks on the Bug estuary and the approach to Nikolaef, signed, made as a prelude to a possible allied attack after the taking of the fortress of Kinburn in October 1855.
Remarks on the Lakes of Benzerta on the Tunisian coast, from the survey work of HMS BEACON, 1846. (Manuscript)
1846
SPR/2/4
Remarks on the Lakes of Benzerta by Lieutenant Spratt of HMS BEACON, ('Journal of the Royal Geographical Society', 1846), BEACON was surveying the Tunisian coast in the spring of 1846.
Remarks on the isthmus of Mount Athos, 1847. (Manuscript)
1847
SPR/2/7
Untitled test of the article 'Remarks on the isthmus of Mount Athos' in 'Journal of the Royal Geographical Society', 1847, (Spratt surveyed the site of Xerxes's Canal from the tender ISABELLA in 1838)
Letter to Robert J. Lane, 1869. (Manuscript)
1869
SPR/4/4
Fisheries Commission, 1866-73: letter from Spratt to Robert J. Lane, dated 26 January 1869.
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