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Memorandum of representations to the Court of Madrid. (Manuscript) 1823-02-03 GOS/16
Memorandum of representations to the Court of Madrid and of its replies on the subject of piracies, 3 Feb 1823.
Original manuscript of the preface to the 'Pirates Who's Who'. (Manuscript) 1925 GOS/19
Original manuscript of the preface to the 'Pirates Who's Who', 1925.
Articles of interrogation concerning the pirates round the coast of Munster. (Manuscript) circa 1625 GOS/2
Articles of interrogation concerning the pirates round the coast of Munster, c.1625.
Narrative account of Captain Carlile's burning of the TROMPEUSE. (Manuscript) 1683 GOS/8
Narrative account of Captain Carlile's burning of the TROMPEUSE, and details of other pirates remaining in those waters, 1683.
Collection of information including the maritime law relating to Pirates. (Manuscript) 1730 GOS/12
Collection of information about the maritime law relating to Pirates, commissions of Oyer and Terminer, The Cinque Ports, letters of Marque and Prizes, c.1730.
Warrant from Philip, King of Spain. (Manuscript) 1609 GOS/1
Warrant from Philip, King of Spain for the capture of Roderick Adams, English pirate, 1609.
Logbook kept by John Cox. (Manuscript) 1680-1682 GOS/4
Logbook kept by John Cox 'his travaills over the land into the South Seas from thence round the south parte of America to Barbadoes and Antigua', 1680-82.
Collection of documents relating to proceedings against piracy in the Persian Gulf. (Manuscript) 1812-1819 GOS/14
Collection of documents, probably from the papers of Sir Evan Nepean, bt., governor of Bombay 1812-19, relating to proceedings against piracy in the Persian Gulf, 1817-19, see full list in printed catalogue for further details.
Notes etc relating to Dr Gosse's lectures and publications on piracy. (Manuscript) 1924 -1941 GOS/17
Historical notes, drafts, translations, newscuttings, catalogues and correspondence, 1924-41, relating to Dr Gosse's lectures and publications on piracy.
Notes for the compilation of the 'Pirates Who's Who'. (Manuscript) GOS/18
Notes for the compilation of the 'Pirates Who's Who', n.d.
Original manuscript of the 'History of Piracy'. (Manuscript) 1932 GOS/20
Original manuscript of the 'History of Piracy', 1932.
Typescript translation of Zeer Aenmerkelyke Reysen by D van der Sterre. (Manuscript) 1691 GOS/21
"Very noteworthy voyages made by January Erasmus Reyning. Translated by L.C. Vrijman to my friend Philip Gosse, in kind remembrance". Typescript translation of Zeer Aenmerkelyke Reysen by D van der Sterre.
N.d. Original dated 1691.…
Gosse (Manuscript) GOS
The collection, purchased by Sir James Caird from Dr Gosse in 1939 and 1940, illustrates the history of piracy from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.…
Order from John Bradshaw to attack the pirates from Ostend. (Manuscript) 1649 GOS/3
Order from John Bradshaw, President of the Council, to attack the pirates from Ostend who interrupt trade in the North Sea, 1649.
Report of proceedings sent by Sir Thomas Lynch to the Commissioners of Trade and Plantation. (Manuscript) 1682-1683 GOS/5-6
Report of his proceedings sent by Sir Thomas Lynch, Governor of Jamaica to the Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, and the Secretary of State for Northern Affairs, also letters containing detailed information of his activity against the pirates, and an attack on Vera Cruz by the pirates under Va…
Journal of Captain Charles Carlile. (Manuscript) 1683 GOS/7
Journal of Captain Charles Carlile, HM Ship FRANCIS, relating the burning of the TROMPEUSE, Sharp's hulk and a storeship for pirates, St Thomas Island, 1683.
Discourse by Edward Randolph, English agent in Boston. (Manuscript) 1696 GOS/9
Discourse by Edward Randolph, English agent in Boston, about Pirates with proper remedies to suppress them, 1696.
Letters: Bishop of Norwich to Mr John Moore, and Sir John Moore. (Manuscript) 1699-1701 GOS/10-11
Letters: Bishop of Norwich to Mr John Moore, and Sir John Moore soliciting interest for the son of Mr Kempton who died as a result of the crew of an East India ship turning pirate and stranding him, 1699-1701.
Treaty between the Bey of Tunis and the British Admiral about the suppression of piracy. (Manuscript) 1812 GOS/13
Copy of treaty between the Bey of Tunis and the British Admiral about the suppression of piracy, 1812.
Docquet, addressed to the Lord Chancellor regarding suppression of pirates in North America. (Manuscript) 1687 GOS/15
Docquet, addressed to the Lord Chancellor, of a grant issued to Sir Robert Holmes to suppress pirates in North America, 8 November 1687.