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Captain of the HMS PRINCESS ROYAL, 3 April 1793 (Manuscript)
1793-04-03 - ?
PRV/60/10
Captain of the HMS AMPHITRITE, 28 January 1793 (Manuscript)
1793-01-28
PRV/60/9
Proclamation, Vincent Esteve, Valencia, 26 May 1808, articles to be observed by the people, [translation (Manuscript)
1808-05-26
PRV/53/10
Captain of the HMS ROYAL GEORGE, 5 February 1801 (Manuscript)
1801-02-05 - ?
PRV/60/12
Captain Lord Cochrane, Gibraltar, to Purvis, off Cadiz, 1 June 1808 (Manuscript)
1808-06-01 - ?
PRV/53/13
Captain Lord Cochrane, Gibraltar, to Purvis, off Cadiz, 31 May 1808, state of Spanish ships at Minorca (Manuscript)
1808-05-31
PRV/53/12
1st Lieutenant HMS BRITANNIA, 17 March 1781 (Manuscript)
1781-03-17
PRV/60/6
2nd Lieutenant HMS BRITANNIA, 17 January 1781 (Manuscript)
1781-01-17
PRV/60/5
Captain HMS DUC DE CHARTRES, 1 September 1782 (Manuscript)
1782-09-01 - ?
PRV/60/8
Translations of the Spanish papers to Purvis, 25 May 1808. (Manuscript)
1808-05-25
PRV/53/8
3rd Lieutenant HMS INVINCIBLE, 16 June 1778 (Manuscript)
1778-06-17
PRV/60/3
Collingwood to Purvis, 30 August 1808, orders signed. (Manuscript)
1808-08-30
PRV/54/7
Commodore Montieser, HMS REVERIE, to Commander Franci Reginald Purvis, HMS PANTALOON, 20 January 1864 (Manuscript)
1864-01-20
PRV/61/2
Extract, 26 August 1808, authorizing the arrest of Lucien Bonaparte (Manuscript)
1808-08-26
PRV/54/6
Admiralty Office to Collingwood, (Copy) 6 October 1808, Dupont's army (Manuscript)
1808-10-06 - ?
PRV/54/9
Collingwood, HMS OCEAN, off Gibraltar, to Captains, draft memorandum, 13 September 1808, to be sent to the fleet relating the arrest of Lucien Bonaparte. (Manuscript)
1808-09-13 - ?
PRV/54/8
Collingwood, HMS OCEAN, to Purvis, 22 July 1808, celebrating the surrender of French Army under Dupont. (Manuscript)
1808-07-22
PRV/54/3
Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron, 12 August 1812 (Manuscript)
1812-08-12 - ?
PRV/60/16
Admiralty Office to Collingwood, 22 August 1808, (copy), not allowing French troops to sail- Dupont's army (Manuscript)
1808-08-22
PRV/54/5
Commodore Montieser, HMS REVERIE, to Commander Francis Reginald Purvis, HMS PANTALOON, 31 December 1863, enclosing a copy of an extract from Major Mereweather addressed to the Governor of Bombay (Manuscript)
1863-12-3131
PRV/61/1
Captain HMS DREADNOUGHT, 24 August 1803 (Manuscript)
1803-08-24
PRV/60/13
Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron, 25 October 1809 (Manuscript)
1809-10-25
PRV/60/14
Letters, 1810 (Manuscript)
1810
PRV/42/A
Letters, 1807 (Manuscript)
1807-01-01 - 1807-09-25
PRV/39/1
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