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Fairfax, Rear Admiral Robert (1666-1725). (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/3/3/11-21
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Letter to his mother 1682 - 1688 (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/6/1/1-11
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Letter from his uncle Fairfax relating to 'a lame thumb', undated. (Manuscript)
FFX/6/3/1
Letter from his uncle Fairfax relating to 'a lame thumb', undated.
Letter to his mother, (Manuscript)
1688
FFX/6/1/11
Letter to his mother, [date illegible 1688?].
List of the electorate for York, 1713. (Manuscript)
1713
FFX/4/1/4
List of the electorate for York, 1713.
'A computation of expenses and profits of the ship Annabelle', undated. (Manuscript)
FFX/7/1/5
'A computation of expenses and profits of the ship Annabelle', undated.
Letter from Mr March & others, concerning various business transactions and a gratuity, 1715. (Manuscript)
1715
FFX/5/1/5
Letter from Mr March & others, concerning various business transactions and a gratuity, 1715.
A series of business letters, 1702 - 1715. (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/5/1/1-9
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Correspondence relating to the 1714 elections at York. This was a re -un of the 1713 election which was contested by the the rival candidate, Mr Tobias Jenkins. (Manuscript)
1714 - 1716
FFX/4/2
Correspondence relating to the 1714 elections at York. This was a re -un of the 1713 election which was contested by the the rival candidate, Mr Tobias Jenkins. Fairfax was elected to the seat again.
A series of letters from Mr DIxon, Mr March and Mr Lampburgh 1716 - 1717 (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/5/2/1-9
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Letters to and from the Admiralty, relating to prize money, appointments and promotions, 1705 -1713 (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/3/2/1-8
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A series of letters to his wife. (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/6/2/1-3
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Miscellaneous series including charts, letters and loose seals. (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/7/1/1-8
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Letters from different people offering Fairfax their congratulations. (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/4/2/2-12
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This series features correspondence between Fairfax and the various offices of the Admiralty, as well as a series of memorials. (Manuscript)
1704 - 1725
FFX/3
This series features correspondence between Fairfax and the various offices of the Admiralty, as well as a series of memorials. The majority of Admiralty correspondence concerns the award, of or delays in the award of, half pay (FFX/3/1) or disputes over prize money, 1704-1725 (FFX/3/2).…
Business correspondence includes letters between Fairfax and his solicitors and agents concerned with the protracted business dealings and surrounding Fairfax’s purchase of the Bilborough estate in Yorkshire between 1702- 1722. (Manuscript)
1702 -1722
FFX/5
This series represents business correspondence. It includes letters between Fairfax and his solicitors and agents (FFX/5/1), concerned with the protracted business dealings (FFX/5/2) surrounding Fairfax’s purchase of the Bilborough estate in Yorkshire between 1702- 1722.
Series comprises family correspondence: letters to his mother and from his uncle Thomas Fairfax in Dublin (Manuscript)
1681 - 1710
FFX/6
This series comprises family correspondence: letters to his mother (FFX/6/1), his wife (FFX/6/2) and from his uncle Thomas Fairfax in Dublin (FFX/6/3). The letters to his mother include his first letter written home from sea at the age of 15, (1681).…
Letters to and from the Admiralty, relating to prize money, appointments and promotions. (Manuscript)
1704 - 1713
FFX/3/2
Letters to and from the Admiralty, relating to prize money, appointments and promotions.
Series includes two certificates, authenticating that Fairfax received communion and a chart showing the wages paid to all classes of sailors at the end of the seventeenth century. (Manuscript)
1699 - 1754
FFX/7
This series includes two certificates, authenticating that Fairfax received communion ‘according to the usages of the Church of England’ and a chart showing the wages paid to all classes of sailors at the end of the seventeenth century.…
Orders from Sir Cloudsley Shovell 1706-1707. (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/2/1/21-29
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Orders received by Fairfax between 1692 and 1706. (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/2/1/1-10
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Letters received by Fairfax from the Admiralty Pay Office, 1714 - 1718. (Manuscript)
1689 - 1710
FFX/3/1/10-19
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Letters received by Fairfax from the Admiralty Pay Office, 1704 - 1725. (Manuscript)
1704 - 1725
FFX/3/1
Letters received by Fairfax from the Admiralty Pay Office, 1704 - 1725.
Memorial to Thomas, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, requesting his influence in the expected promotion of flag officers. (Manuscript)
1708
FFX/3/3/3
Memorial to Thomas, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, requesting his influence in the expected promotion of flag officers. [Pembroke succeeded Prince George as Lord High Admiral]. Undated (1708).
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