Nepean, Sir Evan, 1st Baronet, politician and colonial administrator (1751-1822)

The first two sections consists of letters from Earl St. Vincent, 1793 to 1803. There are also two series from agents, one of fifty-four letters, 1796 to 1801, which include some from Sir Sidney Smith and the second of seventy-one letters from William May, 1797 to 1798. There is also a secret account book kept by Charles Wright, Chief Clerk to the Admiralty, between 1795 and 1804. In the Gosse collection of papers relating to piracy there are letters received by Nepean, 1817 to 1819.

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ID:	NEP
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Nepean, Evan
Date made:	1793-1804
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	8 folios and 2 boxes
Parts:	Nepean, Sir Evan, 1st Baronet, politician and colonial administrator (1751-1822) Letters from William May relating to Dutch naval affairs (Manuscript) (NEP/1) Letters from R.C. Etches, W. Wilby and Sir W. Sidney Smith, dealing with secret service work during the French Revolutionary Wars, including information about Dutch affairs (Manuscript) (NEP/2) Secret Service account book of the Admiralty, kept by Charles Wright (Manuscript) (NEP/3) Letters from Sir John Jervis (Later Earl St Vincent) to Nepean, 1797-1798 (Manuscript) (NEP/4) Letters from Sir John Jervis (Later Earl St Vincent) to Nepean, 1799-1800 (Manuscript) (NEP/5) Letters from Sir John Jervis (Later Earl St Vincent) to Nepean, 1801-1803 (Manuscript) (NEP/6) Letters from Sir John Jervis (Later Earl St Vincent) to Nepean, 1793-1799 (Manuscript) (NEP/7) Letters from Sir John Jervis (Later Earl St Vincent) to Nepean, 1800-1802 (Manuscript) (NEP/8) Letters to Evan Nepean on the secret service. (Manuscript) (NEP/9) Letters of expenses with side notes from Evan Nepean payments (Manuscript) (NEP/10) Receipts of payments on behalf of the secret service. (Manuscript) (NEP/11)

Nepean, Sir Evan, 1st Baronet, politician and colonial administrator (1751-1822)

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