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Letter from Pay Office, relating to payment of £129, May 1718. (Manuscript)
1718-05 - ?
FFX/3/1/19
Letter from uncle in Dublin, thanking him for a book, April 1710. (Manuscript)
1709-07 - ?
FFX/6/3/8
Letter from his uncle in Dublin, relating to winter ailments, January 1709. (Manuscript)
1709-01 - ?
FFX/6/3/6
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay to Dec 1723, March 1723. (Manuscript)
1723-03 - ?
FFX/3/1/33
Letter from Pay Office, concerning delay of half pay, February 1725. (Manuscript)
1725-02 - ?
FFX/3/1/34
Letter from his uncle in Dublin, relating to discovery of Colonel Fairfax's will, [ which appears to have some bearing on the purchase of the Bilborough estate] March (Manuscript)
1709-03 - ?
FFX/6/3/7
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay to Dec 1721, April 1722. (Manuscript)
1722-04 - ?
FFX/3/1/32
Letter to his mother, relating to war with Tripoli, September 1682. (Manuscript)
1682-09 - ?
FFX/6/1/3
First letter home from sea aged 15: Letter to his mother, concerning coming down to Gravesend from Blackwall, September 1682. (Manuscript)
1682-09 - ?
FFX/6/1/2
Letters from Mr Reynolds, Pay Office, relating to various complications with the prizes commission, September 1704. (Manuscript)
1704-09
FFX/3/1/2
Letter from Mr Dixon, relating to the purchase of some wood, May 1719. (Manuscript)
1719-05 - ?
FFX/5/2/15
Letter from Pay Office, Mr Reynolds, concerning support for a disputed prize case, March 1704. (Manuscript)
1704-03 - ?
FFX/3/1/1
Letter from Sir John Leake, relating to his taking transports to Lisbon, June 1707. (Manuscript)
1707 -06
FFX/2/2/10
Letter from Admiralty (signed by the clerk, Mr Burchett), relating to repair of 4 ships, July 1707. (Manuscript)
1707-07 - ?
FFX/2/2/11
Letter from Pay Office, relating to payments from the Chatham Chest, July 1715. (Manuscript)
1715-07 - ?
FFX/3/1/13
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay to June 1715. (Manuscript)
1715-08 - ?
FFX/3/1/14
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay, March 1715. (Manuscript)
1715-03 - ?
FFX/3/1/12
Letter to his mother, concerning his brother's baby daughter. [Very poor condition] (Manuscript)
1687-01 - ?
FFX/6/1/7
Letter from Pay Office, relating to half pay for June 1714, September 1714. (Manuscript)
1714-09 - ?
FFX/3/1/8
Copy of a letter to Mr Secretary, relating to Dr Bollingbrooke's presenting Fairfax's Memorial to Queen Anne (February 1714). (Manuscript)
1714-07 - ?
FFX/3/3/21
Commission to command the SEVERNE signed by theCommissioners for Executing the Office of the Lord High Admiral, January 1699. (Manuscript)
1696-09 - ?
FFX/1/8
Commission to command CAMBRIDGE signed by the Commissioners for Executing the Office of the Lord High Admiral, April 1701. (Manuscript)
1701-04
FFX/1/9
Copy of a petition to the Queen, requesting half pay commensurate with the rank he has been denied (Vice Admiral of the Blue), by dint of it being awarded to Lord Dursley, 1713. (Manuscript)
1713-08 - ?
FFX/3/3/19
Letter from his uncle, relating to to winter ills, January 1712. (Manuscript)
1712-01 - ?
FFX/6/3/13
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