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Colpoys, Plymouth Dock to Markham, on manning the Foudroyant, , criticism of complaints, Admiral Cornwallis off again, progress of ships, differ on keeping transports in Cawsand bay with beer and water instead of lighters (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/42
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on Neptune masts out for refit, on appointing lieutenants (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/19
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, Terrible in Cawsand Bay, movement of men, Venerable in dock (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/36
Colpoys, [Plymouth] to Markham, gave orders for service to captain of Courageux, who begged to get clear of her, sending letter to board, on an appointment to a foreign station, the Newfoundland convoy (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/63
Colpoys, [Plymouth] to Markham, getting ships out, on benefit of provisioning ships in Torbay (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/66
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on leave of absence for a surgeon, requesting a position for a lieutenant (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/29
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, arrival of Foudroyant, lighters unable to move, imminent arrival of ships (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/39
William Wright, Hannibal, Portsmouth Harbour, to Dear Sir, requesting a larger ship, after 6 years in the West Indies (Manuscript)
1801
MRK/101/8/2
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on the activities of small craft, movement of ships, on pay for Prince of Wales, on lodgings (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/13
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, delays from swell in Cawsand and the Sound, Admiral Cornwallis complains of lack of small craft, preparation of ships (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/47
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, on news of Lord St Vincent, Terrible sent to join the Admiral Cornwallis, preparing ships for Dacre’s convoy, (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/52
Colpoys, to Markham, on a commission for William Shaw, and other lieutenants, damage to small vessels, frigates from Cornwallis in a disabled state, changes likely at the board, many crippled ships here (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/46
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, thanking him for his consideration and on a mark of distinction from Lord Melville (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/67
Colpoys, [Plymouth] to Markham, on delays to work on Courageux, death of a master, memorial for the board (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/61
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on victualing a brig, on ship defects (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/22
Colpoys, Lower Brook Street, to Markham, memo to Captain Markham by desire of Lord St Vincent, on Mr Symonds, a mid on the Cambrian, son of Captain Thomas Symonds and brother of Captain Symonds lost in a sloop in the North Sea (Manuscript)
1801
MRK/101/8/3
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on putting French prisoners into ships and Dutch prisoners in their place on shore, problem with code of signals, posts from here to Mounts Bay and to Portland (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/16
Colpoys, Plymouth, to Markham, on ship movements. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/55
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on supplying signals, appointment for a Lieutenant to a prison ship. (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/14
Colpoys, [Plymouth] to Markham, with congratulations on his promotion, requesting orders for Niobe (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/65
Colpoys Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on docking ships, superseding lieutenants, sending gun vessels to Guernsey and Sheerness, numbers of prisoners. (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/21
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, writing to St Vincent to thank him for my command, requesting him to employ his nephew, Griffiths, and a lieutenant Hire (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/4
Colpoys, [Plymouth], to Markham, on the captain of Courageux (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/8/60
Colpoys, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, on enemy cruisers awaiting homebound ships, ships awaiting orders, appointments for lieutenants (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/8/15
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