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Letters from Captain Alexander Hood 23 Feb 1782-4 March 1796
Letters from Captain Alexander Hood 23 Feb 1782-4 March 1796
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Object Details
ID:
MKH/503
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Hood, Alexander
Date made:
1782-1796-12-31; 1782-01-01 - 1796-12-31 1782-1796
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Hood, Alexander, 1st Viscount Bridport, Admiral, 1726-1814. (Manuscript)
Letters from Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 3 July 1779-14 November 1782 mainly from the West Indies together with some copies of Lord Hood's official correspondence 26 May-11 November 1782 (Manuscript) (MKH/501)
Letters from Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 9 March 1802-17 September 1810 (Manuscript) (MKH/502)
Letters from Captain Alexander Hood 23 Feb 1782-4 March 1796 (Manuscript) (MKH/503)
Letters from Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood 7 July 1801-22 March 1814 (Manuscript) (MKH/504)
Letters from various people 25 August 1766-20 March 1812 including Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, Captain John Nicholson Inglefield, George Nugent-Temple Grenville, Admiral Richard,and Lord Howe. (Manuscript) (MKH/505)
Letters and copies of letters from Bridport including ones to Sir Richard Lyttleton, 5 May 1761; William Pitt, Lord George John Spencer, 17 August 1799 with a copy of Spencer's letter of 15 Aug; Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 13 March 1806; and to Samuel Hood (Manuscript) (MKH/506)
'List of Prizes on Account of which payment has been made to Lord Viscount Bridport by Mr Hunt' n.d.; receipt for fees paid in creating Bridport a Baron of Great Britain, 24 June 1796; and a tax receipt for 7 Harley Street, St Mare-le-bone, 14 Oct 1805 (Manuscript) (MKH/507)
Sketches showing dispositions of ships at the Battle of Ushant, 12 July 1778 (Manuscript) (MKH/508)
Papers of Bridport's first wife Molly, nee West, 9 March 1743-26 March 1775 including several letters to various people. (Manuscript) (MKH/509)
Letters to Bridport's second wife Maria Sophia, nee Bray, Lady Bridport, from Bridport, 11 April 1789-5 June 1799 (Manuscript) (MKH/510)
Letters to Lady Bridport from Admiral Samuel, Lord Hood, 4 November 1790-16 May 1810 and undated (Manuscript) (MKH/511)
Letters to Lady Bridport from various people 15 January 1782-6 Feb 1830 (Manuscript) (MKH/512)
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