St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 20 November 1803, the victualling board have recommended Mr Ford, for the office of agent victualler afloat, who acquitted himself well at Lisbon after Mr Heatly went wrong, on a salary of £500 pa, storeships now loading, hoping to send reinforcements but short of men

Admiral Sir John JERVIS, later Lord St Vincent, 1735-1823, St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 20 November 1803, the victualling board have recommended Mr Ford, for the office of agent victualler afloat, who acquitted himself well at Lisbon after Mr Heatly went wrong, on a salary of £500 pa, storeships now loading, hoping to send reinforcements but short of men

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ID:	CRK/11/145
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Phillipps-Croker
Date made:	1803-11-20
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	A series of correspondence from Admiral Sir John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent including duplicated letters, 1803 - 1805. and Captain Staines to Nelson. (Manuscript) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 30 August 1803, (copy, duplicate) (Manuscript) (CRK/11/141) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 24 September 1803, on the problem for Nelson of maintaining his position off Toulon, the victualling board to send money to Gibraltar, and lemon juice, proposing the use of purchased East India Company ships for convoy to England, recommending Sir Roger Curtis's son, looking for a fit person to appoint as floating agent victualler (Manuscript) (CRK/11/142) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 24 September 1803, (copy, duplicate) (Manuscript) (CRK/11/143) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 24 September 1803 (copy, second duplicate) (Manuscript) (CRK/11/144) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 20 November 1803, the victualling board have recommended Mr Ford, for the office of agent victualler afloat, who acquitted himself well at Lisbon after Mr Heatly went wrong, on a salary of £500 pa, storeships now loading, hoping to send reinforcements but short of men (Manuscript) (CRK/11/145) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 20 November 1803, (duplicate) (Manuscript) (CRK/11/146) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 22 November 1803, recommending Lord Duncan's son (Manuscript) (CRK/11/147) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 22 November 1803 (copy, duplicate) (Manuscript) (CRK/11/148) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 29 November 1803, recommending the son of Lord Hugh Seymour and Lord Carysfort's son (Manuscript) (CRK/11/149) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 21 December 1803, recommending Mr James, nephew of Lord Camden (Manuscript) (CRK/11/150) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 25 January 1804, recommending Mr Phipps Hornby, nephew of Lord Derby (Manuscript) (CRK/11/151) St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 6 March 1804, recommending Mr John Love Hammick, a midshipman (copy, duplicate) (Manuscript) (CRK/11/152) St Vincent to Nelson, 7 March 1804, (copy, duplicate), reporting that the HMS LEVIATHAN is leaving with a convoy, Lord Cornwallis has detached the HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, and sending the HMS HINDOSTAN store ship, his view of appointments under Lord Spencer, his approval of Nelson's actions at Algiers (Manuscript) (CRK/11/153) St Vincent to Nelson, Mortimer St, 12 March 1805, requesting he send Robert Pigot and Anthony Maitland home to join Troubridge in the HMS BLENHEIM (Manuscript) (CRK/11/154) Staines to Nelson, HMS CAMELEON, Palermo, 17 September 1804, convoyed English ships at Naples to Messina, orders to refit at Malta on return from the Adriatic, enclosing letters from Naples (Manuscript) (CRK/11/155) Captain Staines request a delay in departure and judging it proper to delay the departure of HMS CAMELEON - Malcolm to Staines, 9 September 1804, (copy), intending to salute the King with 21 guns when he passes close to the HMS RENOWN and returns, instructing HMS CAMELEON to do likewise (Manuscript) (CRK/11/156) Staines to Nelson, HMS CAMELEON, Palermo, 17 September 1804, expressing his gratitude, he will deliver the maraschino [wine], and hoping the refit will allow him to remain two more years under Nelson's command (Manuscript) (CRK/11/157) Staines to Nelson, HMS CAMELEON, Malta, 4 January 1805, found no enemy privateers in his cruise in gulph of Venice, Commissioner Otway's survey on his ship and plan for overhaul given lack of copper (Manuscript) (CRK/11/158) Staines to Nelson, HMS CAMELEON, Malta, 17 March 1804, return from Corfu and ordered to return to England, requesting an exchange or a recommendation (Manuscript) (CRK/11/159) trachan to Nelson, HMS DONEGAL, Gibraltar Bay, 2 September 1803, reporting the arrival of HMS TERMAGENT for repairs, the convoy which arrived on 29th [from Malta] about to depart, his arrival after the departure of Captain Gore in the HMS MEDUSA has allowed enemy privateers to make captures, Mr Cutforth sending provisions to Nelson by the next available convoy (Manuscript) (CRK/11/160)

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