Gosselin, Thomas Le Marchant, Admiral, 1765-1857

The collection consists of order and letter books, and other official correspondence relating to Gosselin’s command of warships at the time of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. There are some papers providing details of the organization of military transports during the British expedition to Sweden and then the convoy Gosselin led to the River Tagus in Portugal in 1808. A volume recording Gosselin’s income relating to prizes, freight money and passengers, 1794-1807, is particularly useful for reference (see GSS/5). To support this, there is much in the way of financial records, including correspondence with navy and prize agents, cargo manifests, accounts of sales of condemned vessels and cargo, and details of the distribution of prize money. There are also receipts for purchases of provisions, equipment and personal items made at foreign and home ports.