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Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825
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Collingwood, HMS ATLAS, Cadiz harbour, to Wellington, 6 March 1810, copy, relating to a plan for landing and taking possession of the island of Trocadero (Manuscript)
1810-03-06 - ?
PRV/57/11
Admiralty Office (Croker) to Purvis, Cadiz, 15 February 1810, re reinforcements (Manuscript)
1810-02-15 - ?
PRV/57/8
Manuel de Lleva de Iniques, Cadiz, to Mr Canning, Minister for foreign affairs, 31 January 1809, copy, re presentation of painting (Manuscript)
1809-01-31
PRV/55/2
General Cradock, Cadiz, to Purvis, 24 May 1809, enclosing copies of two letters from Lord Castlereagh. Regiment dispatches from Gibraltar to Lisbon (Manuscript)
1809-05-24
PRV/55/10
Treasury Chambers to Lordships of the Admiralty, (copy), 23 May 1809, arrangements made by Hon. A Cochrane Johnson with Spanish Government on financial issues (Manuscript)
1809-05-23
PRV/55/9
Martin de Garay, Royal Castle of Seville, 22 May 1809, translation of Spanish Royal decree (4 pages) (Manuscript)
1809-05-22
PRV/55/7
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Cadiz, 23 May 1809 (Manuscript)
1809-05-23
PRV/55/8
Particulars of the Battle of Medellin between Spanish and French, 4 April 1809 (Manuscript)
1809-04-04 - ?
PRV/55/5
Collingwood, HMS OCEAN, off Minorca, to J.H Frere, HM minister, Seville, 16 March 1809, (copy), Brest and Toulon Fleets (Manuscript)
1809-03-16 - ?
PRV/55/4
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 22 March 1808, [secret] orders to protect convoys in straits of Gibraltar (Manuscript)
1808-03-22
PRV/52/12
Collingwood, HMS OCEAN at sea, to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 24 April 1808, ships orders off Cadiz (Manuscript)
1808-04-24
PRV/52/15
Translation of part of a letter supposedly from General Castanos (?), dated 9 May 18?? (Manuscript)
0000-05-09 - ?
PRV/59/6
Sir S Smith, HMS FOUDROYANT, Off Gibraltar, to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 9 March 1808, enemy ships are directed to rendezvous off Tunis. Secret (Manuscript)
1808-03-09 - ?
PRV/52/8
General Spencer, Gibraltar, to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 12 March 1808, [secret] proposed attack on Ceuta (Manuscript)
1808-03-12 - ?
PRV/52/11
Printed letter to Purvis, 6 March 1798, Admiral Sir John Jervis' Victory over the Spanish fleet, 14 February 1797. A subscription for an engraving of this occasion (Manuscript)
1797-02-14 - ?
PRV/49/4
Jose de Lopez Souza, The Governor of Algarve, Villa Real, to Count Monteiro, 14 May 1807 (translation) (Manuscript)
1807-05-13 - ?
PRV/51/1
Admiralty Office, 23 May 1807, to Collingwood, off Cadiz (HMS OCEAN), (Duplicate), letter relative to the fleets detachment from the channel in case enemy ships escape (Manuscript)
1807-05-23
PRV/51/3
4th Lieutenant of the HMS INVINCIBLE, 5 March 1778 (Manuscript)
1778-03-05 - ?
PRV/60/2
Admiralty Office to Purvis, off Cadiz, 24 May 1808, attack on a convoy of enemy ships near Trafalgar. (Manuscript)
1808-05-24
PRV/53/3
Sir John Gore, HMS REVENGE, at anchor off Cadiz, to Purvis, off Cadiz, 10 May 1808, Intelligence, insurrection in Spain (Manuscript)
1808-05-10 - ?
PRV/53/1
5th Lieutenant of the HMS INVINCIBLE, 11 February 1778 (Manuscript)
1778-02-11 - ?
PRV/60/1
Notes outline the line of battle at Trocadero, includes a battle plan (Manuscript)
PRV/59/9
Notes of extracts and references to published material, 'Lives of the Admirals' and Naval biographical material (Manuscript)
PRV/59/8
Admiralty to Purvis, 26 September 1807 (Manuscript)
1807-09-26
PRV/56/5
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