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Letters from HMS LEANDER. (Manuscript)
1863-1865
LTO/5/6
Littleton to his mother. Ship called at Madeira, Valparaiso, Coquinho, Callas, Panama. Group also includes a letter from the HMS SUTTY and HMS DEVASTATION at Panama.
Letters from 1856 to December 1858, largely from Littleton to his mother. (Manuscript)
1856-1858
LTO/5/1
Detailing the earliest period of Littleton's Naval career, aboard the HMS SANS PAREIL on voyages to Portugal, India and China. Includes a few drawings, a letter to his brother, and a letter from the Admiralty to his mother from this time.
Letters from HMS EXPRESS. (Manuscript)
1877
LTO/5/10
Gibraltar. Includes an illustration cut from a newspaper of a shipwreck, and a small drawing.
Letters from HMS RAMBLER. (Manuscript)
1880-1883
LTO/5/11
Called at: St Paul de Loanda, and Monte Video.
Letters from the Winter of 1860-1861 (Manuscript)
1860-1861
LTO/5/3
Letter written by Littleton during his stay at the Royal Naval Hospital, Malta. He was recovering from a leg injury.
Letters from 1860-62, Littleton to his mother. (Manuscript)
1860-1862
LTO/5/4
Written from aboard the HMS EXMOUTH. Ports visited: Suda Bay, Candia [Souda Bay, Crete], Malta, Naples, Baija [Baia], Athens, Salamis Bay, Corfu, and Plymouth. Includes a set of small paintings of an Vesuvius erupting.
Letters 1862, from HMS EXCELLENT (Manuscript)
1862
LTO/5/5
Littleton writing to his mother during his time at HMS EXCELLENT, Naval College, Portsmouth.
Complete copy of typescript memoirs, with annotations. (Manuscript)
LTO/2/1
Complete copy of typescript memoir, with notes and annotations. Loose sheets.
Incomplete copy of typescript memoirs, with annotations. (Manuscript)
LTO/2/2
Incomplete copy of typescript memoir, with notes and annotations. Annotations include a second set of page numbers, possibly referring to corresponding pages of an original manuscript. Missing pages 43-56, and an unknown number of pages at the end, last page is 188.…
Letters from HMS CLIO. (Manuscript)
1865-1867
LTO/5/7
Called at: Acapulco, Esquimalt, Panama. Group includes a page from a letter (incomplete) which mentions the Burrard Inlet, Vancouver.
Letters from HMS RAPID. (Manuscript)
1868-1871
LTO/5/8
The RAPID called at the following ports during this time: Malta, Trieste, Patras, Haifa, Port Said, Beirut, Barcelona, Alicante, Valencia, Gibraltar, Marseilles, Messina.
Letters from HMS SALAMIS. (Manuscript)
1873-1874
LTO/5/9
Group also includes letters from P&O SS ELLORA and SS PEKIN, and two letters from a house at Shankliu. Called at: Nagasaki, Yokohama, Shanghai, Wanton, Hong Kong, Malaya.
Letters from 1859, largely from Littleton to his mother, from HMS LIFFEY. (Manuscript)
1859
LTO/5/2
Includes part of a longer letter assumed to be from this year, and a newspaper cutting. Ports mentioned: Athens, Portland, Plymouth, Liverpool.
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