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Lord Strangford, Lisbon, 31 May 1807 to Collingwood, seizure of a Portuguese Brig in the harbour of Villa Real
Lord Strangford, Lisbon, 31 May 1807 to Collingwood, seizure of a Portuguese Brig in the harbour of Villa Real
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ID:
PRV/51/5
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Purvis, John Child
Date made:
1807-05-31
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Letters, mostly foreign, in John Child Purvis collection 1807 (Manuscript)
Jose de Lopez Souza, The Governor of Algarve, Villa Real, to Count Monteiro, 14 May 1807 (translation) (Manuscript) (PRV/51/1)
Jose de Lopez Souza, The Governor of Algarve, Villa Real, to Antonio de Aravjio de Agevedo, 14 May 1807 (translation) (Manuscript) (PRV/51/2)
Admiralty Office, 23 May 1807, to Collingwood, off Cadiz (HMS OCEAN), (Duplicate), letter relative to the fleets detachment from the channel in case enemy ships escape (Manuscript) (PRV/51/3)
Antonio de Aravjio de Agevedo to Lord Strangford, 26 May 1807, (translation) seizure of a Portuguese Brig (Manuscript) (PRV/51/4)
Lord Strangford, Lisbon, 31 May 1807 to Collingwood, seizure of a Portuguese Brig in the harbour of Villa Real (Manuscript) (PRV/51/5)
Lord Strangford, Lisbon, 14 July 1807 to Purvis (Manuscript) (PRV/51/6)
Admiralty Office to Lord Collingwood, Off Cadiz, 23 September 1807, orders (Manuscript) (PRV/51/7)
Lord Strangford, Lisbon, to Purvis, 10 October 1807, Secret, informing Purvis that Portugal is likely to close its ports against England (Manuscript) (PRV/51/8)
Strangford to Purvis, Lisbon, 24 October 1807, Portuguese royal decree closing ports (Manuscript) (PRV/51/9)
Translation, 30 October 1807, declaration of the Prince regent of Portugal. (Manuscript) (PRV/51/10)
Translation, 20 October 1807, (copy), proclamation of the Prince regent of Portugal for shutting his ports against the English. (Manuscript) (PRV/51/11)
Translation, 29 October 1807, King of Spain, proclamation for arrest of his son and other conspirators. (Manuscript) (PRV/51/12)
Lord Hawkesbury, Downing Street, to Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 7 November 1807. Secret message General Sir John Moore. (Manuscript) (PRV/51/13)
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 14 November 1807, HMS FOUDROYANT, HMS PLANTAGANET and HMS CONQUEROR to join Purvis off Cadiz (Manuscript) (PRV/51/14)
Lord Mulgrave to Purvis, 14 November 1807, promotion of his son Lieutenant Purvis (Manuscript) (PRV/51/15)
Sir Sydney Smith to Purvis, 22 November 1807, blockade of the river Tagus. Copy (Manuscript) (PRV/51/16)
Lieutenant McKenzie, HMS ANN, Gibraltar Bay, to Lord Henry Paulet (senior officer in Gibraltar Bay), HMS TERRIBLE, Gibraltar Bay, 25 November 1807, an account of the HMS ANN against the Spanish off Gibraltar. (Manuscript) (PRV/51/17)
Lord Henry Paulet, HMS TERRIBLE (Gibraltar Bay), to Purvis, 25 November 1807, actions of Lieutenant McKenzie off Gibraltar. (Manuscript) (PRV/51/18)
Admiralty Office to Purvis, Off Cadiz, 2 December 1807, order to seize and Russian ships of War and merchant vessels (Manuscript) (PRV/51/19)
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