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Letters from Lord Hood, 1793-1794. (Manuscript)
1793-1794
HML/12
Letters and documents from Lord Hood 1793-94
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1771-05-15 - 1783-09-11
HOO/1/1-133
Letters received by Lord Hood 1771-1815, see full list in printed catalogue for details.
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1746-01-01 - 1761-12-31
HOO/27
See item level records.…
Correspondence of Admiral Samuel Hood, covering between 1794 and 1815. (Manuscript)
1794-08-01 - 1815-09-21
HOO/4
See item level records and also see full list in printed catalogue for details.
Correspondence of Admiral Samuel Hood, covering between 1784 and 1793. (Manuscript)
1784-05-20 - 1793-10-03
HOO/2
Letters received by Lord Hood 1784-1793, see full list in printed catalogue for details.
Ship's administrative papers for STERLING CASTLE n.d. (Manuscript)
MKH/204
Papers relating to Hood's command of the East Indies Station: ship's administrative papers for STERLING CASTLE n.d.
Watercolour diagrams of Trincomalee Fort, Fort Ostenburg and Admiralty House, Trincomalee n.d. (Manuscript)
MKH/234
Papers relating to Hood's command of the East Indies Station: watercolour diagrams of Trincomalee Fort, Fort Ostenburg and Admiralty House, Trincomalee n.d.
Correspondence of Admiral Samuel Hood, covering between 1784 and 1787. (Manuscript)
1784-05-20 - 1787-10-31
HOO/2/134-176/A
Letters received by Lord Hood 1784-1787, correspondence include letters between Prince William, Captain Nelson and Lieutenant Schomberg about the conduct of Schomberg; correspondence from Howe and Pitt.
See full list in printed catalogue for details.…
Correspondence of Admiral Samuel Hood, covering the year 1794. (Manuscript)
1794-03-05 - 1794-07-30
HOO/3/322-401/A
Correspondence of Lord Hood, includes Admiral Dundas, Nelson, Lord Chatham, General Stewart; Copy of opinion of Flag and Field Officer on attack on Bastia March 1794; Return of troops to be embarked for Calvi 30th may 1794; Memo on the Isles of St Marguerite and their Fortifications; Lord Hood'…
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1760
HOO/27/8
The harbour of Zuda; a sketch of the harbour of Milo.
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1759
HOO/27/9
A plan of the bay, town and island of Cadiz, with explanations.
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1760
HOO/27/7
Observations and plans taken on foreign coasts on board HMS SHREWSBURY, 1760, by Captain Hugh Palliser.…
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1732-1746
HOO/27/6
Recueil Hydragraphique on Portulan, Hugh Palliser's signed copy.
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1761
HOO/27/2
Plan and elevation of the bay of Corve and the harbour of Lea and a plan of Gibraltar Bay with soundings.
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1707-1761
HOO/27/3
Sketch and chart of Messina Harbour; chart and coastal view of La Carboniere from the SOMERSET, 1761; sketch of Tangier Bay; plan of Toulon with respect to attacks and defences of the city, 1 August 1707.
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1760
HOO/27/4
Hugh Palliser's navigational notes from Oran Bay.
Ship's administrative papers for CORNWALLIS 30 Oct 1813 and n.d. (Manuscript)
1813-10-30
MKH/190
Papers relating to Hood's command of the East Indies Station: ship's administrative papers for CORNWALLIS 30 Oct 1813 and n.d.
Hood, Samuel, Admiral, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724-1816 (Manuscript)
1795
HOO/26
Admiral's journal 1795
Logbook of HMS VESTAL 1761 (Manuscript)
1761
HOO/24
Logbook of HMS VESTAL 1761
Hood's command of the East Indies Station: letter from Captain Alexander Skene, MINDEN 13 Feb 1813 (Manuscript)
1813-02-13
MKH/177
Papers relating to Hood's command of the East Indies Station: letter from Captain Alexander Skene, MINDEN 13 Feb 1813
Miscellaneous papers including 'Observations on Lingen and Rhio' by Captain Samuel Leslie of the VOLAGE, remarks on Trincomalee by Hood, remarks on 'four small islands in the Persian Gulph' by Captain Charles Biddulph of the HESPER May 1813, (Manuscript)
1813
MKH/238
Papers relating to Hood's command of the East Indies Station: miscellaneous papers including 'Observations on Lingen and Rhio' by Captain Samuel Leslie of the VOLAGE, remarks on Trincomalee by Hood, remarks on 'four small islands in the Persian Gulph' by Captain Charles Bidd…
Captain Hood, Zealous, to Markham, on Mr Woolridge, better to remain in Centaur than as 2nd [lieut] in the Zealous (Manuscript)
1801
MRK/101/13/55
25 March 1801, Captain Hood, Zealous, to Markham, on Mr Woolridge, better to remain in Centaur than as 2nd [lieut] in the Zealous,
Sam Hood, Centaur, Madeira, to Markham at Ades, (2 pages) (NRS), on ship arrivals, on goats on Lanserotte island, PS on stores for Centaur (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/13/69
11 Dec 1806, Sam Hood, Centaur, Madeira, to Markham at Ades, (2 pages) (NRS), on ship arrivals, on goats on Lanserotte island, PS on stores for Centaur
Sam Hood, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, (NRS), enclosing hints on the use of cutters and luggers to gain intelligence, (MRK/101/13/64), which could be manned as hired armed vessels, some lying here, on lieutenants to command such vessels (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/13/63
10 March 1806, Sam Hood, Plymouth Dock, to Markham, (NRS), enclosing hints on the use of cutters and luggers to gain intelligence, (below), which could be manned as hired armed vessels, some lying here, on lieutenants to command such vessels
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