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Captain Hood to Purvis, at sea, 22 December 1797, a letter
Captain Hood to Purvis, at sea, 22 December 1797, a letter
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ID:
PRV/49/7
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Purvis, John Child
Date made:
1797-12-22
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Letters to John Child Purvis 1794 - 1800 (Manuscript)
Itinerary of Captains on board, HMS VICTORY, 6 January to 5 April 1794. VICTORY, off Toulon, bearing flag of Commander in Chief Lord Hood, 31 August 1793. (Manuscript) (PRV/49/1)
Lord Hood, HMS VICTORY at sea, 11 June 1794, to Purvis, HMS PRINCESS ROYAL, orders for attack. (Manuscript) (PRV/49/2)
Secret plan of attack made by Purvis, 31 January 1796. (Manuscript) (PRV/49/3)
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) (PRV/49/4)
Admiralty to Purvis, HMS ROYAL GEORGE, Torbay, 7 July 1797. Suppression of the Fleet Mutiny at the Nore (12 May- 13 June), 1797. (Manuscript) (PRV/49/5)
Captain Hallowell to Purvis, November 1797, re French and Spanish prisoners sent to Teneriffe. (Manuscript) (PRV/49/6)
Captain Hood to Purvis, at sea, 22 December 1797, a letter (Manuscript) (PRV/49/7)
J H Hamilton to Purvis, No.3 St Martin's Lane, 3 September 1798, personal (Manuscript) (PRV/49/8)
Transport Office to Purvis, Commander of HMS LONDON, 28 November 1799. Requesting a French prisoner, M. St Amand, be brought over from the Royal Oak Prison Ship at Portsmouth to teach French to some gentlemen on board the LONDON (Manuscript) (PRV/49/9)
"Some ideas relative to bringing a Fleet into action with the greatest advantage" 1800. Purvis (Manuscript) (PRV/49/10)
Captain Darby to Purvis, HMS BELLEPHON, off Spithead, 10 April 1800 (wishing best thanks at receiving sincere congratulations) (Manuscript) (PRV/49/11)
Naval Chronicle Office, 103 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London to Purvis, 30 May 1800, re Curriculum Vitae (Manuscript) (PRV/49/12)
Rear- Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, HMS RENOWN at sea, 11 August 1800 to Purvis, HMS LONDON, outlining the line of battle. (Manuscript) (PRV/49/13)
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