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The Durham papers : selections from the papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, G.C.B. (1763-1845) /edited by Hilary L. Rubinstein "Admiral Sir Philip Durham (1763?1845) was one of the most distinguished and colourful officers of the late Georgian Navy. His lucky and sometimes controversial career included surviving the sinking of HMS Royal George in 1782, making the first conquest of the tricolour flag in 1793 and the last in 1815, and having two enemy ships surrender to him at Trafalgar. A Scot distantly related to Lord Barham, Durham entered the Navy in 1777, serving initially on the American and West Indies stations. He was Kempenfelt's signal officer on HMS Victory during the second battle of Ushant in 1781 and on the Royal George. Making his reputation initially as the daring young master and commander of HMS Spitfire early in the French Revolutionary War, he became a crack frigate captain with a fortune in prize money, and commanded HMS Defiance at Trafalgar, where he was wounded. He ended his war service as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands. En voyage he artfully captured two brand-new French frigates which were subsequently taken into the service of Britain, and during his tenure he won the heartfelt gratitude of local merchants by ridding the surrounding seas of American privateers preying on British trading vessels. True to form, he clashed with the judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court on Antigua and with the general with whom he led a combined naval and military assault on Martinique and Guadeloupe following Napoleon's escape from Elba. He later served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth having resigned his parliamentary seat to do so. Married first to the sister of the Earl of Elgin, of 'Marbles' fame, and secondly to a cousin of 'sea wolf' Lord Cochrane, he was well-known to George III, who as a result of Durham's amusing yet improbable anecdotes, dubbed any tall tale he heard 'a Durham'. This collection of his papers consists mainly of letters and despatches relating to his service in the Channel Fleet, the Mediterranean, and the Leeward Islands. Correspondence with his parents during 1789?1790 reflects his anxieties relating to employment and prospects for promotion when he was a young lieutenant with an illegitimate child to support. The collection, featuring items from and to him, comprises a fascinating and informative set of documents."--Provided by publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22NRS

Maps, plans, views and coins, illustrative of the travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece : during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian aera du Bocage, Barbie 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 912:094:910.4(495)"-"

Transactions of the Romney Society : volume 16, 2011 Contains the following papers: Joshua Reynolds and the ornamental style by David Mannings; The correspondence between William Hodges and William Hayley c. 1793-96 by Simon Macdonald; and Zoffany in eighteenth century India by Charles Greig. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Tenth report : Post Office Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Eighth report : Victualling Office Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Second report : Treasury Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Mediterranean-built prizes taken into the Royal Navy / David J. Lyon Lyon, David, 1992 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.353(42)

Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society. [ed. Ray Riley]. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.81(946.82)

On the determination of the orbits of comets, : according to the methods of Father Boscovich and Mr de la Place... Englefield, Henry 1793 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 52.092.64:094

A Narrative of the building and a description of the construction of the Edystone lighthouse with stone : to which is subjoined, an appendix, giving some account of the lighthouse on the Spurn Point Smeaton, John 1793 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:627.715(423.5)

Cary's new and correct English atlas : being a new set of county maps from actual surveys. Exhibiting all the direct and principal cross roads, cities, towns, and most considerable villages, parks, rivers, navigable canals etc ... Cary, John 1793 • ATLAS-FOL • 1 copy available. 094:912.44(42)

East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India

Ninth report : naval and victualling departments at foreign or distant ports Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Third report : Admiralty Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Sixth report : dockyards Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

The Hattendorf Prize lectures : Volume 1, 2011-2019 /edited by Evan Wilson. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available.

Exploring the explorers : Spaniards in Oceania, 1519-1794 /Mercedes Maroto Camino. Camino, Mercedes Maroto. 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 919.504

Fifth report : Commissioners of the Navy Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Fourth report : Treasurer of the Navy Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Seventh report : Sick and Hurt Office Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

Britain and the China trade 1635-1842 This multi-volume work covers Britain's commercial operations in India from 1695-1842, with particular focus on meetings between British diplomats and Chinese officials in 1793 and 1816. It is designed to combine early works on the subject and significant relevant primary sources for reference use. The first five volumes consist of Hosea Ballou Morse's Chronicles of the East India Company Trading to China, 1635-1834, included for its significant transcription work of records from the India Office. Volume VI is a reprint of The Crucial Years of Early Anglo-Chinese relations, 1750-1800 by E H Pritchard, a later study that used Morse's statistics. Volume IX is Michael Greenberg's British Trade and the Opening of China 1800-42. The remaining volumes are a collection of relevant primary sources. Volumes VII and VIII examine the Macartney embassy of 1792 from different angles; Volume VII contains instructions issued to Macartney by the East India Company; Volume VIII is Macartney's private journal of the embassy. Finally, Volume X is Notes of Proceedings and Occurences During the British embassy to Pekin in 1816 by Sir George Thomas Staunton. 2000 • BOOK • 10 copies available. 382(42:51)"1635/1842"

Sammlung astronomischer abhandlungen : Beobachtungen und nachrichten /herausgegben von J. E. Bode, Astronom und mitglied der Konigl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Bode, J E 1793 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52:094

History of the Royal Marines 1755-1914 2000 • CD-ROM • 3 copies available. 355.353.4(42)"1755/1914"

First report of the Commissioners appointed by an Act of Parliament to enquire into the fees, gratuities, perquisites, and emoluments which are or have been lately received in the several public offices herein mentioned : Secretaries of State Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the Fees Received in Public Offices 1793 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:342.537(42)"1793"

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