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Sir Francis Drake to [Nelson],Genoa, 12 March 1796, wish to see you urgently, heard from Captain Cockburn you were under repair at Leghorn (Manuscript)
1796-03-12
CRK/4/107
Castiglione [Genoese Secretary of State] to the consul [Brame], Genoa, 2 April 1796, [in Italian] about a corvette (Manuscript)
1796-04-02
CRK/4/109
Sir Francis Drake to [Nelson], Milan, 7 January 1796, enclosing papers, steps for release of Mr Noble and other officers of HMS AGAMEMNON (Manuscript)
1796-01-07
CRK/4/104
Sir Francis Drake to Nelson, Milan, 7 February 1796, Mr Brame [consul at Genoa] now has all my sources of Intelligence (Manuscript)
1796-02-07
CRK/4/105
Sir Francis Drake to Nelson, Milan, 6 March 1796, views on French armament at Toulon, hopes of Sir John Jervis, views on Hotham, arrival of General Beaulieu with the Austrian army (Manuscript)
1796-03-06
CRK/4/106
Sir Francis Drake to Lord Grenville, Genoa, 28 November 1795 [copy], reporting the action of the British ships (Manuscript)
1795-11-28
CRK/4/100
Sir Francis Drake to Nelson, no date [1795] Thursday morning, about the retreat of the Austrians (Manuscript)
1795
CRK/4/102
Monsr Du Petet Houras to Admiral Therenard, Tonnant, 23 Marial, 11 June [1798], (English translation), on sailing qualities of ships. (Manuscript)
1798-06-11 - 1798-06-11
CRK/18/11
Anon, 22 Oct [?], (private), intelligence note, ‘there is no confirmation of neutrality, at all three arsenals they are arming but there is a want of seamen stores and materials of any sort’ (Manuscript)
CRK/1/83
Drake to Nelson, Milan, 8 May 1796, French likely to move troops by land rather than by sea, Armistice between Court of Turin and the French, possessions ceded by the King of Sardinia (Manuscript)
1796-05-08
CRK/4/118
Mr Walpole, Minister at Lisbon, 17 May 1798, (extract) on numbers of troops and possible destination. (Manuscript)
1798-05-17 - 1798-05-17
CRK/18/8
Drake to Nelson, Padua, 24 May 1796, (private) replaced by Colonel Graham at HQ of Austrian army, praise for Nelson, latest position of Austrian army (Manuscript)
1796-05-24
CRK/4/119
Intelligence from Spain dated 11 May 1798 (in French), numbers of vessels at Toulon. (Manuscript)
1798-05-11 - 1798-05-11
CRK/18/7
Intelligence from Lisbon, 20 May 1798, troops and provisions not destined for Portugal. (Manuscript)
1798-05-20 - 1798-05-20
CRK/18/9
Samuel Briggs, British pro consul, Alexandria, 14 May 1803, with a demand to the Pacha of Alexandria to salute British vessels (Manuscript)
1803-05-14
CRK/1/88
Ball to Nelson, Palace, Malta, 16 June 1803, with a copy of a letter to Admiral Bickerton concerning Elphy Bey. (Manuscript)
1803-06-16
CRK/1/89
Drake to Nelson, Como, 13 April 1796, secret intelligence partly in code (Manuscript)
1796-04-13
CRK/4/110
Ball to Nelson, Malta, 8 November 1802, on Nelson’s journey to Wales, on the Bronte estate and death of Mr Graefer’s, with his views on the peace (Manuscript)
1802-11-08
CRK/1/85
Drake to Lord Grenville, Alexandria, 18 April 1796, [extract] about Austrian reversals (Manuscript)
1796-04-18
CRK/4/111
Hamilton to Nelson, Milford, 12 August 1801, invasion fears, sailed in Milford harbour, lighthouses now erected, some improvements in rents of the estate (Manuscript)
1801-08-12
CRK/7/5
Envelope of above letter from Gallichina to Nelson (Manuscript)
1805-01-16 - 1805-01-16
CRK/18/59
Acton to Nelson, Palermo, 8 April 1805, on sailing of the French fleet, concern for Sicily, French threats, Napoleon’s ambition (Manuscript)
1805-04-08
CRK/1/38
Captain Adair [Marines] to Nelson, Victory, 30 March 1805, requesting Nelson’s patronage to become a deputy paymaster (Manuscript)
1805-03-30
CRK/1/39
Hamilton to Nelson, Piccadilly, 7 March 1801, unable to visit HMS ST GEORGE, arranging sale of pictures and those vases not lost on HMS COLOSSUS (Manuscript)
1801-03-07
CRK/7/3
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