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Poem beginning 'the Muse Inspires' to celebrate Fair Anna's (amended to Emma's) natal day, no date (Manuscript)
CRK/16/89
Nelson to Lady Hamilton, 1801 on the purchase of Merton. He wonders if he and Lady Hamilton can afford to buy some adjoining land; suggests that they will employ local tradespeople; that it would be good to christen their daughter at a church in Merton. (Manuscript)
1801-09-26 - 1801-09-26
CRK/19/16
Ernest Frederick Walterstorff to Lady Hamilton, Copenhagen, 15 Oct 1803, on his attempt to call on her when in England, his visit to Merton, on his son. (Manuscript)
1803-10-15 - 1803-10-15
CRK/22/150
Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Victory, 20 August 1804, (Harrison II, 65; Nicolas, VI, 166), on Merton. (Manuscript)
1804-08-20 - 1804-08-20
CRK/19/50
Copies of Lady Hamilton's assignments to Alderman J J Smith, 1813 - 1814 (Manuscript)
1813-1814
PHB/P/23
Royal Navy Records: commissions and appointments for sea officers granted by the Admiralty, Admirals and Captains. (Manuscript)
1664-1830
PLA/P/9/1
Royal Navy Records: commissions and appointments for sea officers granted by the Admiralty, Admirals and Captains, 1746 - 1793, including 3 signed by J. Byng. (Manuscript)
1746-1793
PLA/P/9/2
Letter signed by Burghley and Walsingham. (Manuscript)
1588-10-11
UPC/5/1(2)
Prize money: mixed papers, mainly certificates and papers relating to Pay Office and some to the Ordnance office, 18th century (Manuscript)
1700-1800
PLA/25
Prize money: certificates and letters relating to questions of pay, 18th century (Manuscript)
1700-1800
PLA/24
Certaine questions and answers very necessarie to be knowne by all saylers, 17th century (Manuscript)
1600-1700
PNS/P/4
Navy papers, including orders relating to administration, 18th century (Manuscript)
1700-1800
PLA/28
Customs and Maritime Law, 17th century (Manuscript)
1600-1700
PLA/6
Letters from Ball to Nelson 1804. (Manuscript)
1804-07-07 - 1804-12-15
CRK/1/141-160
Bale to Nelson, Cambridge Regt, Danbury Barracks, Essex, 16 Feb 1804, requesting assistance in entering the Marines (Manuscript)
1804-02-16
CRK/1/196
M Ball to Nelson, Blackheath Hill, 25 November [180?], thanking him for favours granted to Captain Ball (Manuscript)
CRK/1/197
Ball to Nelson, Malta, 12 Dec 1804, on the arrival of a Russian vessel captured by Nelson (Manuscript)
1804-12-12
CRK/1/159
Ball to Nelson, Malta, 12 Dec 1804, (private), with his views on the Admiralty’s treatment of Nelson by the appointment of Sir John Orde [to command off Cadiz] (Manuscript)
1804-12-12
CRK/1/158
Ball to Nelson, Malta, 9 Dec 1804, on the spread of fever, on communications from Mr Frere [British Minister Madrid],, and the value of having the cipher, on Mr Scott, and the need for a port captain (Manuscript)
1804-12-09
CRK/1/155
Ball to Nelson, Malta, 7 Dec 1804, (private), recommending how to deal with Algiers over the captured men including the Maltese slaves (Manuscript)
1804-12-07
CRK/1/156
Letter from the American secretary at Algiers, 24 Oct 1804, (copy, extract), with intelligence on insurrections and French activity (Manuscript)
1804-10-24
CRK/1/154
Ball to Nelson, Malta, 18 Sept 1804, (private, 2 pages), on the action off Toulon, the appointment of Mr McDonough as consul at Tripoli, Nelson’s health, death of Mr Lock, changes in the American squadron, and convoy details (Manuscript)
1804-09-18
CRK/1/145
Edmund Noble to Ball, La Valetta, 2 November 1804, with an explanation for deserters found on one of his ships (Manuscript)
1804-11-02
CRK/1/152
Ball to Nelson (private, 2 pages) on translating Leibeniz into Italian, the fate of the American frigate Philadelphia, on possible rendezvous, problems with passports, and the possible French expedition (Manuscript)
1803-11-20
CRK/1/121
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