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St Vincent, Ville de Paris, off Cadiz, to Captain Markham, with orders to air the decks and sleep on upper decks (Manuscript)
1798
MRK/100/2/204
Sir John Lindsay, to Markham, with orders to distribute papers to consuls at Algiers, Morocco, Tripoli and Tunis in the Kingfisher sloop (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/83
Markham, Centaur, off Ciudadela, Minorca ,to Mrs Markham at Portugal St, on an easy capitulation here, though General Stuart may not say so, his views on taking a house, and earning prize money offered but refused to take home dispatches, on her expenses (Manuscript)
1798
MRK/107/2/11
Markham, London, to Mrs Markham, on his sister, his dislike of politics (Manuscript)
1805
MRK/107/2/64
Markham to Mrs Markham at Livermead cottage, after long row after the Earl, going off directly, Adieu (Manuscript)
1800
MRK/107/2/18
Markham, London, to Mrs Markham, all well, and home soon, sending Jack’s exercise (Manuscript)
1809
MRK/107/2/73
Sir John Lindsay, Trusty, Villa Franca, to Markham, on refitting a Moorish frigate (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/82
Extract from a log dated 7 June [?] sailed from Palermo, and 10 June off Sardinia, 15 June, saw 5 sail, annotated [?by Markham] with news of Sir S Smith at Jean Dacre, and French have left Naples, and Lord Nelson. (Manuscript)
1800
MRK/100/2/220
List of supplies, with costs, with errors rectified, totalling 111.1047,8 (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/191
Commodore Cosby, HMS Trusty, to Markham, on supply of wine and requesting supply of sheep and turkeys (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/147
Markham, Centaur, Cove, to Mrs Markham, hoping for peace, to cruise off the Irish coast, interest in Milford Haven (Manuscript)
1797
MRK/107/2/3
Commodore Cosby HMS Trusty, to Markham HMS Sphinx, to go to England with remittances should the merchants request it, (Manuscript)
1786
MRK/100/2/169
General Eliott, Governor of Gibraltar, to Captain Markham on the Moorish Cruizer (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/93
Invoice of goods shipped on Sphinx, for wines and raisins (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/193
Mr Baynes, Gibraltar to Markham, requesting repair of windows in the naval hospital (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/111
Commissioners of the Admiralty to Markham, to fit HMS Sphinx for channel service (Manuscript)
1783
MRK/100/2/2
Mr Charles Adam Duff, Gibraltar, to Markham, CinC of HM ships at Gibraltar, with an application for a ship to take him to Morocco (Manuscript)
1786
MRK/100/2/163
Envelope from Ebor, York,to Captain Markham, HM ship Centaur, Nore, Sheerness (Manuscript)
1797
MRK/107/1/38
Commissioners of the Admiralty to Markham to take on board an Algerine for passage to Gibraltar (Manuscript)
1783
MRK/100/2/24
Sir John Lindsay, Trusty, Villa Franca to Markham respecting the Moors (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/104
Governor Elliott to Markham, respecting the Moors (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/94
Navy Office to Markham, on the supply of surgeons necessaries (Manuscript)
1783
MRK/100/2/6
Navy Office to Markham, HMS Sphinx, Leghorn, on bills sent on 16 Sept (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/146
John Markham, at sea, latitude 43,81 to his father ‘Dear Papa', Bishop of Chester, Sion End near Brentford, Middlesex, written in the Captain’s own cabin, can splice knots but not allowed to steer, out 3 weeks, recovered from a fall, seen swordfish sharks and dolphins, sailing northward towards America (Manuscript)
1777
MRK/107/1/1
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