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Markham to Mrs Markham, on a note from Dr Douglas, and sending letters, on a payment for Eades, opinion (Manuscript)
1802
MRK/107/2/50
No date, Wednesday morning before Breakfast, Markham to Mrs Markham, on a note from Dr Douglas, and sending letters, on a payment for Eades, opinion
Markham to Mrs Markham at Livermead cottage, Newton Abbott, leaving to join Admiral Gardner off Brest (Manuscript)
1800
MRK/107/2/19
No date, ¼ past 3, [Feb 1800] Markham to Mrs Markham at Livermead cottage, Newton Abbott, leaving to join Admiral Gardner off Brest
John Lovelace, Malaga, to John Markham, (copy), ref Mr William Otway’s letter on the supply of oranges and lemons. (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/178
25 October 1784, from John Lovelace, Malaga, to John Markham, (copy), ref Mr William Otway’s letter on the supply of oranges and lemons,
Lieutenant Thomas Wade, HMS Rattlesnake, to Markham, requesting a change of duties with Mr Parker, lieuenant of the Kingfisher, to allow him to go home (Manuscript)
1786
MRK/100/2/165
24 April 1786, Lieutenant Thomas Wade, HMS Rattlesnake, to Markham, requesting a change of duties with Mr Parker, lieuenant of the Kingfisher, to allow him to go home
Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty at Leghorn road, to Markham to discharge 5 unfit men (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/54
6 June 1784, Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty at Leghorn road, to Markham to discharge 5 unfit men
Navy Office to Markham on the appointment of a Master at Arms (Manuscript)
1783
MRK/100/2/5
29 July 1783, Navy Office to Markham on the appointment of a Master at Arms
Navigation in the bay of Tunis (Manuscript)
1798
MRK/100/2/226
No Date,? Navigation in the bay of Tunis
Mercer and Taylor, Plymouth Dock, to Captain Markham, invoice for goods at 13.19.0 (Manuscript)
1800
MRK/100/2/216
16 June 1800, Mercer and Taylor, Plymouth Dock, to Captain Markham, invoice for goods at 13.19.0
Sam Hood, Barfleur, Port Royal harbour, to Captain Markham, Zebra, on his orders (Manuscript)
1782
MRK/100/8/6
26 May 1782, Sam Hood, Barfleur, Port Royal harbour, to Captain Markham, Zebra, on his orders
Markham, Admiralty, to Mrs Markham, working hard all day, unable to dine with Ld St V because of work, election news (Manuscript)
1802
MRK/107/2/45
9 July 1802, Markham, Admiralty, to Mrs Markham, working hard all day, unable to dine with Ld St V because of work, election news,
Captain Bowyer, HMS Irresistable, Chatham, to Markham, enclosing orders from he AdmiraltySphynx (Manuscript)
1783
MRK/100/2/22
11 Sept 1783 Captain Bowyer, HMS Irresistable, Chatham, to Markham, enclosing orders from he Admiralty
Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty Villa France, to the senior officer at Gibraltar, to take delivery of carronades from the Whitby storeship (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/77
5 November 1784, Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty Villa France, to the senior officer at Gibraltar, to take delivery of carronades from the Whitby storeship
Markham, English Harbour, Antigua, to Mrs Markham his mother, Bloomsbury Square, London, to send letters to New York, need for linen shirts, drowned with saltwater in the Perseus, sends love to brother William, wishing this yankee rebellion was quieted (Manuscript)
1777
MRK/107/1/2
7 March 1777, Markham, English Harbour, Antigua, to Mrs Markham his mother, Bloomsbury Square, London, [annotated age 15 ¾], to send letters to New York, need for linen shirts, drowned with saltwater in the Perseus, sends love to brother William, wishing this yankee rebellion was quieted
John Blankett, HMS Thetis, Gibraltar, to Markham, to put himself under his command (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/129
2 June 1785, John Blankett, HMS Thetis, Gibraltar, to Markham, to put himself under his command
Alcaid Benbecker to the C in C requesting guns to be delivered to Mogador for the Emperor of Morocco (Manuscript)
1785
MRK/100/2/120
Feb 1785 (25 Rabeh Ethany 1199) Alcaid Benbecker to the C in C requesting guns to be delivered to Mogador for the Emperor of Morocco
Markham, Hannibal, Hamoaze, to his father, hope to get men from the Irresistible, requesting his father’s help with Lord Chatham at the levee to join Lord Howe rather go to the West Indies (Manuscript)
1794
MRK/107/1/27
2 November 1794, Markham, Hannibal, Hamoaze, to his father, hope to get men from the Irresistible, requesting his father’s help with Lord Chatham at the levee to join Lord Howe rather go to the West Indies
Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty, Gibraltar to Markham, to hire caulkers as his ship is leaky (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/42
1 January 1784 Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty, Gibraltar to Markham, to hire caulkers as his ship is leaky
Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty in Hiers Bay to Markham with orders and instructions during his stay at Gibraltar (6 pages) (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/63
29 August 1784, Sir John Lindsay HMS Trusty in Hiers Bay to Markham with orders and instructions during his stay at Gibraltar (6 pages)
Lovelace, Malaga, to Markham, times for boat to call, oranges nearly ripe, sent samples for tasting, same for Captain Blankett, on prices of beef (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/184
27 October 1784, Lovelace, Malaga, to Markham, times for boat to call, oranges nearly ripe, sent samples for tasting, same for Captain Blankett, on prices of beef
Navy Office to Sir John Lindsay (Copy) on assisting the unloading of store ships (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/47
12 March 1784, Navy Office to Sir John Lindsay (Copy) on assisting the unloading of store ships
Markham, Kinsale, Lower Cove, Centaur, to Mrs Markham, remembering life at Barrington, and reading Gullivers travels, spectators to see Centaur, people here remember my father and grandfather (Manuscript)
1797
MRK/107/2/7
Xmas Day, [1797] Markham, Kinsale, Lower Cove, Centaur, to Mrs Markham, remembering life at Barrington, and reading Gullivers travels, spectators to see Centaur, people here remember my father and grandfather
Markham, Centaur, Port Mahon, to Mrs Markham, a second letter via Naples as well as via Gibraltar, on taking the house at Mount Pleasant (Manuscript)
1798
MRK/107/2/14
22 Dec 1798, Markham, Centaur, Port Mahon, to Mrs Markham, a second letter via Naples as well as via Gibraltar, on taking the house at Mount Pleasant
Markham, Centaur, to Earl St Vincent, on directions of the surgeon on woollen clothing, requesting men to be allowed a woollen jacket for night wear. And 11 August 1798 Markham, Centaur off Cadiz, to Lord St Vincent (draft) on his request for the seamen (Manuscript)
1798
MRK/100/2/206
10 August 1798, Markham, Centaur, to Earl St Vincent, on directions of the surgeon on woollen clothing, requesting men to be allowed a woollen jacket for night wear. And 11 August 1798 Markham, Centaur off Cadiz, to Lord St Vincent (draft) on his request for the seamen
Captain Blankett to Markham, to go to Malaga, to bring money from merchants to Gibraltar and to inform me whether any American ships have arrived (Manuscript)
1784
MRK/100/2/73
22 Oct 1784 Captain Blankett to Markham, to go to Malaga, to bring money from merchants to Gibraltar and to inform me whether any American ships have arrived
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