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Lord Keith to Markham, on defence of the coast, comments on officers and ships (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/31
Lord Keith to Markham, on pilots, ship movements, the Galloper light, force at Boulogne (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/86
Lord Keith to Markham, got your note, feeling better but not yet well, excise vessel Royal George sent to the Nore for Leith, not to delay as she is a remarkable fine vessel much wanted off the coast, writing to the Treasury, want of clerks ashore, ‘I have 5 clerks often writing till 9 at night’, Patton pays for his lodging, cost of clerks, complaint from Lieut Morris (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/3/186
Lord Keith to Markham, on death of his friend the Bishop of St Davids, on officer appointments, and sending seamen to Portsmouth; no communication with the Nore (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/19
Attached to letter MRK/101/3/201, Lord Keith to Markham, have sent to Captain Owen, see no reason why he cannot be absent at this moment, there is not a man at Boulogne, nor a sail boat at Wimereaux, nothing to do but watch the privateers. (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/101/3/202
Lord Keith to Markham, captains not wanting to leave the Downs, stone ship expedition. (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/3/154
Lord Keith to Markham, Blackwood can take the Irish convoy, problem with Melpomenes rudder (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/71
Lord Keith to Markham, enclosing a letter from Captain Owen, (MRK/101/3/200), he has no captains under his command, Pegasus or a gun brig to return, number of men and baggage too great for the convoy vessels, Mr Thornton wants a ship stationed in the Elbe. (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/3/199
Lord Keith to Markham, on loss of the Shannon, intelligence from Holland, only good information comes from neutrals, Ship movements (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/72
Lord Keith to Markham, no report from Sir Sidney Smith, problem of pilots (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/85
Lord Keith to Markham, Captain Wrights report and request for a ship (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/3/92
Lord Keith to Markham, unable to see into Dunkirk, boat carried away (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/75
Lord Keith to Markham, on Murray, and other appointments, on a convoy. (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/23
Lord Keith to Markham, bad condition of Hasty, one of the best sloops, one tide in a dock to repair her copper, on the privateers, on appointments to ships, Parliamentary discussions may affect the King (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/3/188
Lord Keith to Markham, on Lieutenant Murray and the pursers (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/21
Lord Keith, Sheerness to Markham, on the Monarch and other ships, importance of Yarmouth and area from the Swale to Beachy Head (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/16
Lord Keith to Markham, bad weather, Sir Sidney complaint, suggesting a house ashore at Deal for the admiral on station (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/3/182
Lord Keith to Markham, sending a letter from Lady Rodney ( not enclosed) and asking for instructions (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/47
Lord Keith to Markham, on possible fire ships for Boulogne, East coast defences (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/66
Mr Whidbey, Woolwich Yard, to Markham, asked to attend a committee on the defence of Liverpool, alarm over safety of the town, ships kept there as one of the captains is to marry the mayor's daughter. (Manuscript) 1804 MRK/101/3/181
Lord Keith to Markham, letter for Lord Howick, recommending the bearer as a clever and discerning officer best calculated for a Captain of a fleet. (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/101/3/210
Lord Keith to Markham, nothing moving on the opposite coast, will take time to collect his seamen not more than 10,000 are about Boulogne, there were 25,000 when the camp broke up last year. (Manuscript) 1806 MRK/101/3/204
Evan Nepean, Admiralty, to Lieutenant Col McMahon, explaining that the appointment was as acting captain, and cannot be confirmed (Manuscript) 1802 MRK/101/3/8
Lord Keith to Markham, ordering ships out, watching the French coast, ready to embark (Manuscript) 1803 MRK/101/3/79