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Holloway [Portsmouth] to Rear Admiral Markham, on problems with the Glatton with only one deck for crew, super numeraries and prisoners, Commissioner Hope recommends Inflexible, to separate the men, news from Deal smugglers from the Texel (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/9
No Date,17th [1806], Holloway [Portsmouth] to Rear Admiral Markham, on problems with the Glatton with only one deck for crew, super numeraries and prisoners, Commissioner Hope recommends Inflexible, to separate the men, news from Deal smugglers from the Texel
Holloway, [Portsmouth] to Markham, on a passage for young Duckworth, but Nepean asks for restraint in passengers, annotated sent to Captain Colville (Manuscript)
1801
MRK/101/9/3
12th [postmark May 1801] Holloway, [Portsmouth] to Markham, on a passage for young Duckworth, but Nepean asks for restraint in passengers, annotated sent to Captain Colville
Holloway to Markham, Lord Keith’s stay in London to be short, asking for leave on his return, loss of cables and anchors (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/25
No date, 15th, Holloway to Markham, Lord Keith’s stay in London to be short, asking for leave on his return, loss of cables and anchors
Holloway to Markham, on the purser of the Edgar acting in my office, Edgar for the Texel, Sir Wm Burnaby to transfer to Montagu with Otway’s agreement (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/33
9 Oct [?] Holloway to Markham, on the purser of the Edgar acting in my office, Edgar for the Texel, Sir Wm Burnaby to transfer to Montagu with Otway’s agreement
Holloway to Markham, suggesting Otway for the Elizabeth, friend of Freemantle [sic], weather a problem for small craft. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/38
No date 9 [November 1806] Holloway to Markham, suggesting Otway for the Elizabeth, friend of Freemantle [sic], weather a problem for small craft,
Holloway to Markham, on Captain Otway and the Montagu (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/32
Oct 7th[ ?] Holloway to Markham, on Captain Otway and the Montagu,
Holloway [Portsmouth] to Captain Markham, on a petition from Mr Davis, curate of the garrison chapel for an allowance, on a carpenter for the ship at Bucklers hard (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/5
27 [postmark Dec 1801] Holloway [Portsmouth] to Captain Markham, on a petition from Mr Davis, curate of the garrison chapel for an allowance, on a carpenter for the ship at Bucklers hard
Holloway to Markham, on vessels in the Downs, Otway writing to Mr Grenville, for a better sailing ship (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/35
7 November, Holloway to Markham, on vessels in the Downs, Otway writing to Mr Grenville, for a better sailing ship
Holloway to Markham, on poor condition of the Snake, weather to bring out the Privateers, noise from people at Lloyds, problem with deserters for Bounty and crimps, letters from Mrs Otway, on his first Lieutenant, request telegraph direction for the Snake (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/39
No date, 18th, Holloway to Markham, on poor condition of the Snake, weather to bring out the Privateers, noise from people at Lloyds, problem with deserters for Bounty and crimps, letters from Mrs Otway, on his first Lieutenant, request telegraph direction for the Snake
Holloway to Markham, to send answer from Captain Eyre of the Ardent if telegraph working, death of Fox, capture of Buenos Ayres. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/44
No date 15th, Holloway to Markham, to send answer from Captain Eyre of the Ardent if telegraph working, death of Fox, capture of Buenos Ayres,
Admiral Holloway to Rear Admiral Markham, men from Utrecht for the Glatton, hope to keep stores and marines, doubt Dutch fleet has left the Texel, Trusty to Spithead for caulking (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/7
No date 12th [1806], Admiral Holloway to Rear Admiral Markham, men from Utrecht for the Glatton, hope to keep stores and marines, doubt Dutch fleet has left the Texel, Trusty to Spithead for caulking
Holloway, [Portsmouth] to Markham, 12 June, on the arrival of Regulus for Boulogne, Captain Boys active though only one leg (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/18
12 June [?] Holloway, [Portsmouth] to Markham, 12 June, on the arrival of Regulus for Boulogne, Captain Boys active though only one leg
Holloway to Markham, on the Glatton, and a purser for the Utrecht, on the men at the naval yard at Deal, cost of labourers our chief to try Congreve’s experiments of rockets (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/22
No date,27th [June] Holloway to Markham, on the Glatton, and a purser for the Utrecht, on the men at the naval yard at Deal, cost of labourers our chief to try Congreve’s experiments of rockets
Holloway to Markham, Lord Keith to return, coming to town for a few days neighbours quiet (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/30
No date, 4th [Sept], Holloway to Markham, Lord Keith to return, coming to town for a few days neighbours quiet
Holloway [Portsmouth] to Markham, (Private), on Flags of truce from Boulogne, embargo on Prussian vessels, dispatches sent to town by light dragoons, Glatton nearly ready (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/16
8 April [?] Holloway [Portsmouth] to Markham, (Private), on Flags of truce from Boulogne, embargo on Prussian vessels, dispatches sent to town by light dragoons, Glatton nearly ready
Holloway to Markham, loss of 7 killed on Spitfire in attempt on a lugger privateer, Jerome likely to escape our squadron. (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/29
1 Sept[?] Holloway to Markham, loss of 7 killed on Spitfire in attempt on a lugger privateer, Jerome likely to escape our squadron,
Holloway to Markham, on Captain Seccombe, on the arrival of Sir J Warren in the West Indies and return of [Admiral Sir Richard] Strachan, on move of a purser (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/21
No date 24th [June] Holloway to Markham, on Captain Seccombe, on the arrival of Sir J Warren in the West Indies and return of [Admiral Sir Richard] Strachan, on move of a purser
Holloway to Markham, on men impressed from East and West Indies convoys, desertions and crimps (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/28
No date, 11th, Holloway to Markham, on men impressed from East and West Indies convoys, desertions and crimps
Holloway [Portsmouth] to Markham, all settled for young Duckworth, congratulate you on his father’s success in the West Indies (Manuscript)
1801
MRK/101/9/4
14th [postmark May 1801, Holloway [Portsmouth] to Markham, all settled for young Duckworth, congratulate you on his father’s success in the West Indies
Holloway to Markham, on telepraph information on the Montagu, accidents of Sir Richard [Strachan’s] squadron, ship for Otway (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/9/31
Oct 2nd[?] Holloway to Markham, on telepraph information on the Montagu, accidents of Sir Richard [Strachan’s] squadron, ship for Otway,
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