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'Naval Characters' - Volume of Letters to Sir John Norris. (Manuscript) 1742-1743 UPC/2
Letters to Sir John Norris, with reference to CENTURION's prize, CABADONGA, 1743. This volume also contains a letter to Lord Anson, 1742, and a share certificate of the South Sea Company. Some of the richest and most distinguished men of the time were stockholders in the company.…
Phillipps-Upcott (Manuscript) UPC
The collection forms part of the Phillipps naval collection purchased by Sir James Caird for the Museum in 1946. It is made up of four volumes and a file. The volumes are a series of what Upcott himself titled 'Naval Characters', 1652 to 1826.…
Letter signed by Burghley and Walsingham. (Manuscript) 1588-10-11 UPC/5/1(2)
Transcript of the original letter signed by Burghley and Walsingham (item ref: UPC/5/1(1)).
'Naval Characters' - Volume of Reports and letters. (Manuscript) 1757-06-01 - 1803-10-10 UPC/3
Letters and engravings, reports on proceedings in America, 1757, and several Nelson facsimilies. Correspondents include Admiral Thomas Griffin (q.v.), Admiral Sir Piercy Brett (1709-1781), Admiral Sir Charles Knowles (1704-1777) and Lord Hervey (later Vice-Admiral the Earl of Bristol) (1724-1779).…
'Naval Characters' - Volume of Letters. (Manuscript) UPC/4
Original letters, no connection between the various papers, n.d. Contains many letters addressed to C.J. Barrington who was about to publish the eighth and final volume of Dr John Campbell's Lives of the Admirals and other eminent seamen.…
'Naval Characters' - Volume of Letters and Orders collected by William Upcott. (Manuscript) 1716-1718 UPC/1
Original letters collected by William Upcott, Admiralty and Navy board orders, also relating to the Baltic expedition, 1716-18. Also contains several engravings.
Letter signed by Burghley and Walsingham. (Manuscript) 1588-10-11 UPC/5/1(1)
Letter signed by Burghley and Walsingham, 11 October 1588, appointing Billingesley, Osborn and Fenton as commissioners to superintend the expenditure of the expedition of Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norris to the coast of Spain 1589.

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