Memorial to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from John Aken of Cape Town expressing his suitability for the post of Deputy Harbour Master at Table Bay.

John Aken of Cape Town. Memorial to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Lord Charles Henry Somerset expressing his suitability for the post of Deputy Harbour Master at Table Bay. Gives a very detailed account of his career, from being a seaman in the Navy in the late 18th century to establishing himself as a merchant at the Cape of Good Hope. 9 January 1826.

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ID:	PST/63
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1826-01-09
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Copies Of Volumes And Documents - Photostats (Manuscript) John Harrison, clockmaker - photostat of Harrison's clock. (Manuscript) (PST/1) Anthony Deane's Doctrine of Naval Architecture and tables of inventions etc. (Manuscript) (PST/2) "Fabrica di Galere" a Florentine manuscript on ship-building. (Manuscript) (PST/3) Photostat copies of the journals of Admiral Sir Thomas Allin in Tanner Ms. 296 and 297. (Manuscript) (PST/4) Papers of Admiral Lord Hawke. (Manuscript) (PST/5) Photostat of Edward Dummer's South Coast Survey 1698. (Manuscript) (PST/6) Photostat of contemporary copy of a letter from Sir Francis Drake to John Fox. (Manuscript) (PST/7) 3 letters to Mr Matra (HM Consul at Tangier). From St. Vincent, from Lord Nelson and from Admiral Collingwood. (Manuscript) (PST/8) 2 photostat letters from Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson - to Miss Knight and to Lady Hamilton. (Manuscript) (PST/9) Photocopies of 4 letters addressed to Lord Hobart by Lord Nelson and of one addressed to Lord Spencer. (Manuscript) (PST/10) Letter from Samuel Pepys to his nephew John Jackson. (Manuscript) (PST/11) Photostat of instructions to the commander of the LOYAL CHARLES OF MARYLAND, John Goode. (Manuscript) (PST/12) Facsimile of certificate of safe conduct granted to George Stainmore, master of the ship SWALLOW signed by Samuel Pepys. (Manuscript) (PST/13) Peace Treaty 1801. French Telegraph message reporting the signing of the peace in London. (Manuscript) (PST/14) Photostat copy of the rough outline of the instructions sent to Captain Thomas Briggs, HMS AGINCOURT, by Nelson. (Manuscript) (PST/15) Receipt for W. Scott, master of the WOODSIDE for £1.4.6 for the relief of seamen in the merchant service. (Manuscript) (PST/16) Copy of a manuscript journal of the Paraguyan War by John T. Comerford MD. (Manuscript) (PST/17) Galley accounts of DUNWICH, LONDON LYME IPSWICH and YORK. (Manuscript) (PST/18) Journal and last codicil to will of Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson, with affidavit from Dr J. Scott. (Manuscript) (PST/19) Mathew Baker, fragments of "English Shipwrightry" ca1586. Photostat from Pepysian Library, Cambridge. (Manuscript) (PST/20) Letter to unknown to make a visit to a Danish frigate to see what order she is in, also an estimation of the strength of the Russian Marine and the Swedes in the event of a war in the ensuing spring. (Manuscript) (PST/21) Edmund Dummer. Drawings of arms for erection in Plymouth Dockyard. (Manuscript) (PST/22) Sir John Franklin, Arctic explorer. Message despatched from HMS EREBUS. (Manuscript) (PST/23) Dimensions book B. Five ship lists of the Royal Navy in the 18thC arranged according to rates. (Manuscript) (PST/24) Letter from Sir Francis Drake to Walsyngham on Spanish affairs. (Manuscript) (PST/25) Construction of a French Galley, ca1685. (Manuscript) (PST/26) Bill of Lading between Newton Gordon and an African man, named York. (Manuscript) (PST/27) Articles of Agreement between Mathew Simpson, shipwright, and Thomas Gallely to build a ship. (Manuscript) (PST/28) Probate of the will of Lady Frances Nelson. (Manuscript) (PST/29) Contemporary copy of the will of Sir Francis Drake. (Manuscript) (PST/30) Will of Captain James Cook. (Manuscript) (PST/31) Will of Mrs Elizabeth Cook (widow of Captain James Cook). (Manuscript) (PST/32) Sir Charles Paget (1778-1839), Commander in Chief American and West Indies station. (Manuscript) (PST/33) Captain Thomas Pye, of HMS HUMBER, report on Cape Coast Castle. (Manuscript) (PST/34) Augustus John Harvey, Vice Admiral, Earl of Bristol - Manuscript sketch of Brest and Coast. (Manuscript) (PST/35) THREE SISTERS, brigantine. Inventory taken in ca1782. (Manuscript) (PST/36) W.J. Harman, Account of wrecks on the Norfolk coast, 1860-1937. (Manuscript) (PST/37) Vice Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson. Holograph letter to Hercules Ross. (Manuscript) (PST/38) Collection of 46 letters by and about Nelson. (Manuscript) (PST/39) Discharge certificate and last bill of midshipman J.M.K. Johnson. (Manuscript) (PST/40) Pamphlet entitled "An act for increase of shipping and encouragement of the navigation of this nation". (Manuscript) (PST/41) Diary kept by Thomas Severn on voyage to Australia and a letter written to his father in England. (Manuscript) (PST/42) Papers relating to the Portsmouth School of Naval Architecture. (Manuscript) (PST/43) Biographical notes on Captain Sir John Franklin. (Manuscript) (PST/44) Certificates of Service and letters of testimonial of Master John Christopher. (Manuscript) (PST/45) Copy of the letter from Margaret Flamsteed to Rev Dr Mather concerning the work of her husband John Flamsteed. (Manuscript) (PST/46) Sir Anthony Deane to the Admiralty - his proposals for preventing decay on 30 new ships. (Manuscript) (PST/47) Plans, elevations and drawings of the Red House (Victualling Yard), Deptford. (Manuscript) (PST/48) Admiralty progress books. (Manuscript) (PST/49) Inventory for clothing and equipment for Midshipman James Spelman. (Manuscript) (PST/50) Extracts from the logs of ZENOBIA, JULIANA and JOHN MACLELLAN. (Manuscript) (PST/51) Letter from Captain P Heywood to Captain J Ross, on Parry's appointment to lead a second expedition to Baffins Bay. (Manuscript) (PST/52) Sir Francis Drake's Pilot of the Caribbean and the Azores. (Manuscript) (PST/53) Log of HMS RATTLESNAKE, kept by midshipman James Stanton. (Manuscript) (PST/54) Papers of Captain Sir John Colomb, Royal Marines. (Manuscript) (PST/55) Printed letter from Samuel Pepys to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen on the State of Christ Hospital. (Manuscript) (PST/56) Letter from Sir C Wren to Overseer of HM Quarries, authorising him to supply Portland stone for use at the Royal Hospital Greenwich. (Manuscript) (PST/57) Copy of letter from James, Duke of York arranging for stores to be issued to the fleet. (Manuscript) (PST/59) Letter from F. Manier to Lieutenant Ed. Mallard relating anecdotes about Napoleon on his voyage to Elba. (Manuscript) (PST/60) Two inventories, in French, of artillery taken away by the army of Rochambeau. Also correspondence on artillery used by US rebel forces in the War of Independence. (Manuscript) (PST/61) Log of HMS VANGUARD written by John Grimshaw, gunsmith. (Manuscript) (PST/62) Memorial to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from John Aken of Cape Town expressing his suitability for the post of Deputy Harbour Master at Table Bay. (Manuscript) (PST/63) Map of Table Bay, South Africa, by L.M. Thibault. (Manuscript) (PST/64) Two letters by Admiral Robert Blake to the Commissioners of the Navy regarding wages and supplies. (Manuscript) (PST/65) Letter to C. Laverland, agent for HM Packets, Falmouth, from Master James Cunningham describing the action ending in the surrender of HM Packet MORGIANA. (Manuscript) (PST/66) Pension certificate issued by the Directors of the Chest at Greenwich to John Aran. (Manuscript) (PST/67) Certificate to verify that J Hubbard of HMS DORSETSHIRE was a communicant of the Church of England. (Manuscript) (PST/68) Warrant issued by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral to Thomas Robinson. (Manuscript) (PST/69) "A True and Perfect Relation, of the Taking and Destroying of a Sea Monster". A tale, with transcript. (Manuscript) (PST/70) Two pages of Captain James Cook's journal of 1st Voyage 31st Apr-3 May 1770. (Manuscript) (PST/71) List of Dutch warships with details 1688-89, with a typescript translation. (Manuscript) (PST/72) Esquimalt, British Columbia; map of Dockyard, Hospital and other Naval Property. (Manuscript) (PST/73) Admiral Edward Boscawen; Orders to ships employed on the North American Station under his command. (Manuscript) (PST/74) Admiral George Monke, 1st Duke of Albermarle; account of the Four Days' Battle 1-4 June 1666. (Manuscript) (PST/75) Photostats of papers relating to Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1813), Astronomer Royal. (Manuscript) (PST/76) Reproduction of a letter to the Hon. Rear-Admiral Cochrane from Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson. (Manuscript) (PST/77) Reproduction of a letter to the Governor of Madalena Island from Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson. (Manuscript) (PST/78) Reproduction of facsimile letter to Mayor of Norwich from Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson. (Manuscript) (PST/79) Reproduction of page from log of HMS EURYALUS recording Nelson's signal at the Battle of Trafalgar. (Manuscript) (PST/80) Letter from Rev. Edmund Nelson to his son, Horatio Nelson, sending him the seasons greetings. (Manuscript) (PST/81) Reproduction of a sketch of the Battle of Aboukir Bay, drawn by Lord Nelson in 1803. (Manuscript) (PST/82) Letter from Admiral Viscount Nelson to Lady Hamilton informing her of his arrival back in England. (Manuscript) (PST/83) Reproduction of photographs taken of the entry of Nelson's baptism; also examples of his handwriting. (Manuscript) (PST/84) Copies of Exchequer accounts at the Public Record Office. (Manuscript) (PST/85) A complete genealogical record of the Bligh family. (Manuscript) (PST/86) Photocopy of letter from Edward VII, "at sea", to Queen Victoria. (Manuscript) (PST/87) Photocopies of Admiral Lord Gambier court martial dated 26 July 1809. (Manuscript) (PST/88) Photocopy of an Account Roll of a Galleon. (Manuscript) (PST/89)

Memorial to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from John Aken of Cape Town expressing his suitability for the post of Deputy Harbour Master at Table Bay.

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