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Obituary notices of Captain Alexander Hood 1798 and Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood 1814-15
Obituary notices of Captain Alexander Hood 1798 and Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood 1814-15
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Object details
ID:
MKH/605
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Papers, Hood Family
Date made:
1798-1815
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
This section includes unidentified and general Hood family papers. Among them are some service papers of Lieutenant Joseph Dewsnapp (d.1837), see MKH/602; letters from the Duke of Buckingham (1776-1839) to the Reverend Francis Lunn, 1826-1830 (Manuscript)
Miscellaneous official papers, 1765-1806 and undated including reports on the Newfoundland fisheries, 1791 (Manuscript) (MKH/601)
Papers of Lieutenant Joseph Dewsnap of the sloop BUSY, also orders and appointments 31 May 1799-31 March 1803 (Manuscript) (MKH/602)
Miscellaneous fragmented and unidentified private papers, copies of speeches and letters 6 March 1797-3 June 1818 (Manuscript) (MKH/603)
Letters 7 May 1826-11 Feb 1830 from Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Duke of Buckingham, to the Rev Francis Lunn, together with copies of replies and a copy of a letter from Mary Glynne to Mrs Blomfield. (Manuscript) (MKH/604)
Obituary notices of Captain Alexander Hood 1798 and Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood 1814-15 (Manuscript) (MKH/605)
Various epitaphs mainly relating to the Hood tomb at Butleigh and the Hood Column together with chronological notes on various Hoods n.d. (Manuscript) (MKH/606)
Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings 1783-1815 (Manuscript) (MKH/607)
Printed and manuscript songs and poems mainly about members of the Hood family n.d. (Manuscript) (MKH/608)
Miscellaneous printed pamphlets and ephemera 1736-1914 (Manuscript) (MKH/609)
Watercolour views of coastlines, West Indies n.d. ca,1780 (Manuscript) (MKH/610)
Translation from French of 'Naval Tactics of Signals by day, by night, and in fog, at anchor and at sea; to be observed by the Squadron Commanded by Commodore Francis Hector D'Albert in the year 1790' (Manuscript) (MKH/611)
Printed volume: 'The Naval History of England', incomplete and heavily annotated in several hands including Arthur Hood, Uncle of Captain Alex Hood and Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood n.d. (Manuscript) (MKH/612)
Printed volume: 'An Authentic and Impartial Copy of the Trial of The Hon Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue....', Portsmouth 1779 (Manuscript) (MKH/613)
Printed volume: 'The British Neptune; or, A History of the Achievements of the Royal Navy, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time', London 1807 (Manuscript) (MKH/614)
Printed volume: 'A List of the Flag-Officers of His Majesty's Fleet...', Admiralty, London 1812 (Manuscript) (MKH/615)
Printed volume: 'An Alphabetical List of the Post Captains, Commanders, and Lieutenants, of His Majesty's Fleet...', Admiralty, London 1814 (Manuscript) (MKH/616)
Printed volume: 'The New Navy List...' by Joseph Allen, London 1846 (Manuscript) (MKH/617)
Printed volume: 'The Navy List', Admiralty, London 1885 (Manuscript) (MKH/618)
Printed volume: 'The Navy List', Admiralty, London 1887 (Manuscript) (MKH/619)
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