Letters, orders, signals and printed documents, 1797.

Various documents, including an English translation of the French orders from Gen. Hoche regarding the invasion of Ireland. Letter and enclosure regarding a secret system of signals devised by James Collis. Printed documents regarding the complaints of the seamen leading up to the mutiny of the Fleet. Copies of private signals between H.M. ships, and between H.M. ships and the forts of Cork Harbour, and Admiralty orders signed by Lord Spencer as "Most secret", for a line of battleships.

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ID:	KIN/23
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Kingsmill, Robert Brice
Date made:	1797-03-07 - 1797-11-14
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Kingsmill, Sir Robert Brice, Admiral, 1730-1805. (Manuscript) Letterbook, October 1793 to December 1794. (Manuscript) (KIN/1) Letterbook, 1795. (Manuscript) (KIN/2) Letterbook, March 1797 to January 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/3) Letterbook, February 1798 to August 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/4) Letterbook, August 1798 to January 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/5) Letterbook, January 1800 to July 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/6) Letter and orderbook, 1797-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/7) Orderbook, October 1793 to June 1795. (Manuscript) (KIN/8) Orderbook, December 1795 to August 1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/9) Orderbook, March 1800 to September 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/10) Logbook of HMS ELIZABETH, 1783-1786. (Manuscript) (KIN/11) Letterbook kept on the Irish station, 1799-1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/12) Orderbook kept on the Irish station, December 1798 to February 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/13) Prize money book, 1797-1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/14) Logbook of HMS PENGUIN, 1795-1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/15) Private diary while in command of HMS VIGILANT, 1778. (Manuscript) (KIN/16) Notebook relating to the Irish station, 1795-1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/17) Various documents, 1766-1794. (Manuscript) (KIN/18-20) Letters and orders, 1795. (Manuscript) (KIN/21) Letters, instructions and prize papers, 1796. (Manuscript) (KIN/22) Letters, orders, signals and printed documents, 1797. (Manuscript) (KIN/23) Letters and printed documents, 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/24) Letters and reports, 1798. (Manuscript) (KIN/25) Letters and reports, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/26) Letters, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/27) Letters, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/28) Letter and enclosure to Captain MacNamara, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/29) Letters and orders, 1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/30-32) Papers relating to the dispute with Lord Bridport over prize money, 1798-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/33) Letters and reports, 1800-1806. (Manuscript) (KIN/34) Letters, notes on smugglers and lists of prize vessels. (Manuscript) (KIN/35) Papers concerning signals used on the Irish station, 1797-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/36) Papers concerning the condition and disposition of the squadron employed on the Irish station, 1800. (Manuscript) (KIN/37) Commissions, 1756-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/38) Honours, 1781-1799. (Manuscript) (KIN/39) Will, 1806. (Manuscript) (KIN/40) Newspaper account of Lord Nelson's funeral, 1806. (Manuscript) (KIN/41) Additional items including biographical details and a copy of a letter from Lord Nelson. (Manuscript) (KIN/42)

Letters, orders, signals and printed documents, 1797.

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