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Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: after taking command of the Channel fleet from the Earl of St Vincent with some of the Earl of St Vincent's official papers 14 January-7 November 1801. (Manuscript)
1801-01-14 - 1801-11-07
COR/8
Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: after taking command of the Channel fleet from the Earl of St Vincent with some of the Earl of St Vincent's official papers 14 January-7 November 1801.
Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: while captain in command of HMS GUADALUPE 17 Oct 1768-20 April 1771. (Manuscript)
1768-10-17 - 1771-04-20
COR/1
Official correspondence received by Cornwallis 1768-1815: while captain in command of HMS GUADALUPE 17 Oct 1768-20 April 1771. [HMS Guadeloupe (or Guadaloupe)]
Channel Squadron 1800-6: orderbook January 1804-August 1805. (Manuscript)
1804-01 - 1805-08
COR/49
Channel Squadron 1800-6: orderbook January 1804-August 1805.
Channel Squadron 1800-6: orderbook and letterbook August 1801-April 1802. (Manuscript)
1801-08 - 1802-04
COR/45
Channel Squadron 1800-6: orderbook and letterbook August 1801-April 1802.
Channel Squadron 1800-6: private sailing orders and secret letters Apr-August 1801. (Manuscript)
1801-04 - 1801-08
COR/44
Channel Squadron 1800-6: private sailing orders and secret letters Apr-August 1801.
Channel Squadron 1800-6: general letterbook June 1801-Dec 1803. (Manuscript)
1801-06 - 1803-12
COR/39
Channel Squadron 1800-6: general letterbook June 1801-Dec 1803.
Channel Squadron 1800-6: Cornwallis' journal Feb 1801-April 1802. (Manuscript)
1801-02 - 1802-04
COR/34
Channel Squadron 1800-6: Cornwallis' journal Feb 1801-April 1802.
Channel Squadron and West Indies 1794-96: Admiral's signal logbook with signals and some alterations by Cornwallis Jun-November 1794. (Manuscript)
1794-06 - 1794-11
COR/28
Channel Squadron and West Indies 1794-96: Admiral's signal logbook with signals and some alterations by Cornwallis Jun-November 1794.
East Indies 1789-94: logbook of the CROWN January-June 1793. (Manuscript)
1793-01 - 1793-06
COR/21
East Indies 1789-94: logbook of the CROWN January-June 1793.
East Indies 1789-94: logbook of the CROWN January-May 1792. (Manuscript)
1792-01 - 1792-05
COR/20
East Indies 1789-94: logbook of the CROWN January-May 1792.
Early career 1759-60: journal by William Cornwallis 25 March 1759-12 April 1760 while in the DUNKIRK, Captain Robert Digby. (Manuscript)
1759-03-25 - 1760-04-12
COR/12
Early career 1759-60: journal by William Cornwallis 25 March 1759-12 April 1760 while in the DUNKIRK, Captain Robert Digby.
Official letter from Edmund Afflick. (Manuscript)
1782
COR/100/4/2
A letter form Edmund Afflick to William Cornwallis about a mutiny 1782.
Official letter from Admiralty giving permission for courts martial. (Manuscript)
1801-06-05
COR/100/4/1
A letter from the Admiralty to the Honourable William Cornwallis giving him permission to hold court martial proceedings as he sees fit.
Letterbook, March 1789 to January 1791 (Manuscript)
1789-03-12 - 1791-01-06
COR/100/3/1
A volume and 28 sheets of loose pages consisting of a collection of rough letters dated 12 March 1789 to 6 January 1791 with transcriptions including letters to Lord Hood saying that abuse in the Navy may be hard to prevent and that he believes the French would assist to help Tipu Sultan to cause mi…
A collection of oversize newspapers during the time of Admiral William Cornwallis. (Manuscript)
1763-1851
COR/100/9/1
A selection of newspaper during the period of Admiral Sir William Cornwallis including NORTH BRITON, 23 April 1763 which criticized a royal speech in which King George III accusing the King of lying this led to John Wilkes being charged with libel and imprisoned for a short time in the Tower of Lon…
Signal books: 'Signal Book for the Ships of War' 1799. (Manuscript)
1799
COR/66/1
Signal books: 'Signal Book for the Ships of War' 1799.
Signal books: 'Night Signals for the Ships of War' 1799. (Manuscript)
1799
COR/66/2
Signal books: 'Night Signals for the Ships of War' 1799.
Signal books: 'Signal Book for Ships of War' 1782. (Manuscript)
1782
COR/63/1
Signal books: 'Signal Book for Ships of War' 1782.
Signal books: signal book ca.1779. (Manuscript)
1779
COR/62
Signal books: signal book ca.1779.
Signal books: 'Instructions for the conduct of Ships of War' 1782. (Manuscript)
1782
COR/63/2
Signal books: 'Instructions for the conduct of Ships of War' 1782.
Signal books: signal book ca.1790. (Manuscript)
circa 1790
COR/64/1
Signal books: signal book ca.1790.
Private letters received by Cornwallis 1761-1818: family letters and some official papers relating to the Channel Squadron 1803-4 and 1800-1818. (Manuscript)
1800-1818
COR/60
Private letters received by Cornwallis 1761-1818: family letters and some official papers relating to the Channel Squadron 1803-4 and 1800-1818.
Letters received by Cornwallis 1789-1805: general correspondence 1803-6 including the correspondence about Puget's plan for attacking Brest, Hurd's survet of Brest and correspondence with Melville about the attack. (Manuscript)
1803-1806
COR/54
Letters received by Cornwallis 1789-1805: general correspondence 1803-6 including the correspondence about Puget's plan for attacking Brest, Hurd's survey of Brest and correspondence with Melville about the attack.
Private letters received by Cornwallis 1761-1818: family letters chiefly from his mother and sister 1761-69. (Manuscript)
1761-1769
COR/56
Private letters received by Cornwallis 1761-1818: family letters chiefly from his mother and sister 1761-69.
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