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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
Commodore Montieser, HMS REVERIE, to Commander Franci Reginald Purvis, HMS PANTALOON, 20 January 1864 (Manuscript)
1864-01-20
PRV/61/2
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
Letters, 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-01-01 - ?
PRV/42
Letters, 1808 (Manuscript)
1808-01-01 - ?
PRV/40
Original Spanish, French Flag of Truce, 7 Feb 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-02-07 - ?
PRV/57/4
Andrew Lopez and the Duke of Albarquerque to the President and representatives of the superior Junta of Cadiz, translations, 14 March 1810 and 16 March 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-03-14 - ?
PRV/57/14
Proposals by Junta of Majorca and reply, communicated by a colonel in the army, 10 March 1810 (Manuscript)
1810-03-10 - ?
PRV/57/13
Letters, 1806 (Manuscript)
1806-01-01 - ?
PRV/38
Manuel de Lleva de Iniques, Cadiz, to King of England, 31 January 1809, translation, re presentation of painting (Manuscript)
1809-01-31
PRV/55/1
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Cadiz, 22 May 1809, acknowledging the receipt of Purvis' letters and reporting intelligence (Manuscript)
1809-05-22
PRV/55/6
Captain Bolton, HMS FISGUARD, Cadiz, to Purvis, 8 February 1809, Intelligence, re Armies at Corunna (Manuscript)
1809-02-08 - ?
PRV/55/3
Lloyds to Admiralty Office (W. Pole), (copy), 23 April 1808 (Manuscript)
1808-04-23
PRV/52/13
Admiralty to Purvis, 23 April 1808, (copy) enclosing a copy of a letter from Lloyds (Manuscript)
1808-04-23
PRV/52/14
Castlereagh, London, to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 9 March 1808, warning the Spanish Royal Family from capture by Napoleon. Secret (Manuscript)
1808-03-09 - ?
PRV/52/9
Sir Dalrymple, Gibraltar, to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 12 March 1808, [secret] Ceuta post. (Manuscript)
1808-03-12 - ?
PRV/52/10
Secret plan of attack made by Purvis, 31 January 1796. (Manuscript)
1796-01-31
PRV/49/3
Jose de Lopez Souza, The Governor of Algarve, Villa Real, to Antonio de Aravjio de Agevedo, 14 May 1807 (translation) (Manuscript)
1807-05-14 - ?
PRV/51/2
Admiralty to Purvis, off Cadiz, 25 May 1808, (copy) enclosing a dispatch from Castlereagh to Sir H Dalrymple. (Manuscript)
1808-05-25
PRV/53/4
Spanish account of the proceedings at Madrid, 24 May 1808 (Manuscript)
1808-05-24
PRV/53/2
Purvis to Lord Viscount Howick, Wickham, Nr Farnham, Hants, 19 May 1806 (Manuscript)
1806-05-19
PRV/50/1
Wellington to Purvis, Cadiz, 25 April 1810, reporting the attack on Trocedero (Manuscript)
1810-04-25
PRV/58/4
Brillart (?) to Purvis, Tangier, 22 April 1810, French (Manuscript)
1810-04-22
PRV/58/3
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