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Further letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS HYACINTH, 1886 (Manuscript)
1886-07 - 1886-12
BCK/13/8/B
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS HYACINTH, 1886 (Manuscript)
1886-01 - 1886-06
BCK/13/8/A
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS THALIA, 1882 (Manuscript)
1882-01 - 1882-08
BCK/13/6/A
Further letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS FLIRT, 1881 (Manuscript)
1881
BCK/13/5
Log kept by Admiral John William Brackenbury (Manuscript)
1879-07-03 - 1879-22-03
BCK/2/A
Transcription of Log kept by Admiral John William Brackenbury (Manuscript)
1879-07-03 - 1879-22-03
BCK/2/B
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS EDINBURGH, 1893 (Manuscript)
1893-01 - 1893-05
BCK/13/15/A
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS EDINBURGH, 1892 (Manuscript)
1892-01 - 1982-05
BCK/13/14/A
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS TURQUOISE, 1890 (Manuscript)
1890
BCK/13/12
Letters written from Brackenbury to his wife from HMS SHAH, 1879 (Manuscript)
1879
BCK/13/3
Letters from Brackenbury to his wife, many incomplete and undated.. (Manuscript)
1870 - 1876
BCK/13/1
Papers realting to proposed alterations to HMS THALIA 1882 (Manuscript)
1882-01-01 - ?
BCK/8
Correspondence with other naval officers 1879-1912 (Manuscript)
1879-01-01 - 1912-12-31
BCK/7
Papers relating to orders and decorations n.d. (Manuscript)
BCK/12
Log and Transcriptions kept by Admiral John William Brackenbury (Manuscript)
1879-01-01 - ?
BCK/2
Papers concerning the VICTORIA and CAMPERDOWN collision on 23 June 1893 (Manuscript)
1893-01-01 - ?
BCK/10
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS TUQUOISE, 1888 (Manuscript)
1888
BCK/13/10
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS TURQUOISE, 1889 (Manuscript)
1889
BCK/13/11
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS HYACINTH and HMS TYNE, 1887 (Manuscript)
1887
BCK/13/9
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS THALIA, 1883 (Manuscript)
1883
BCK/13/7
Further letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS THALIA, 1882 (Manuscript)
1882-09 - 1882-11
BCK/13/6/B
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS MAGNIFICENT, 1899 (Manuscript)
1899-01 - 1899-03
BCK/13/18/A
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS MAGNIFICENT, 1898 (Manuscript)
1898-01 - 1898-09
BCK/13/17/A
Letters written by Brackenbury to his wife from HMS MAGNIFICENT, 1898 (Manuscript)
1898-10 - 1898-12
BCK/13/17/B
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