Autobiographical sketch of Admiral Purvis, up to 1810

ID:	PRV/48
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Purvis, John Child
Date made:	1810-01-01 - ?; 1810
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825. (Manuscript) Logbook, ARROGANT, John Amherst commander, 29 Dec 1762-19 August 1763, kept by Purvis as Able and Mid (Manuscript) (PRV/1) Logbook, Channel N. America, INVINCIBLE, Anthony Parry captain 11 Feb 1778-31 March 1779; BRITANNIA, Channel Charles M. Pole captain, 2 Apr-22 Oct 1779, kept by Purvis as Lt. (Manuscript) (PRV/2) Logbook, BRITANNIA, 23 Oct 1779-20 May 1781; DUC DE CHARTRES, 22 May 1781-11 June 1781, kept by Purvis as Lt. (Manuscript) (PRV/3) Logbook, DUC DE CHARTRES, 12 June 1781-10 April 1783, kept by Purvis in command. (Manuscript) (PRV/4) Logbook, AMPHITRITE, 1 Feb 1793-4 Apr 1793; PRINCESS ROYAL, 5 April 1793-25 Dec 1794, kept by Purvis in command. (Manuscript) (PRV/5) Logbook, PRINCESS ROYAL, 6 Dec 1794-24 Feb 1796, kept by purvis in command. (Manuscript) (PRV/6) Logbook, PRINCESS ROYAL, 25 Feb-10 November 1796 (Manuscript) (PRV/7) Logbook, LONDON, 20 April 1798-20 June 1799, kept by Purvis in command. (Manuscript) (PRV/8) Logbook, LONDON, 27 June 1779-20 September 1800, kept by Purvis in command. (Manuscript) (PRV/9) Logbook, LONDON, 21 September 1800-10 Feb 1801; ROYAL GEORGE, 11 Feb-3 April 1801, kept by Purvis in command. (Manuscript) (PRV/10) Logbook, ROYAL GEORGE, 4-24 April 1801, kept by Purvis in command. (Manuscript) (PRV/11) Manuscript (PRV/12) Logbook, MINOTAUR, 4 Aug-22 September 1806; Queen, 22 Sep-9 Dec 1806; ATLAS, 9-31 Dec 1806, kept by Purvis as Adm. (Manuscript) (PRV/13) Logbook, ATLAS, 1 January-26 June 1807, kept by Purvis as Adm, includes a record of signals made, (Manuscript) (PRV/14) Logbook of HMS ATLAS (1782), bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Purvis, including a record of signals made, from 27 June 1807 to 31 December 1807. (Manuscript) (PRV/15) Logbook, ATLAS, 1 January-10 May 1808, kept by Purvis as Adm, includes a record of signals made. (Manuscript) (PRV/16) Manuscript (PRV/17) DUC DE CHARTRES, orders, 9 Apr 1781-4 Dec 1782; letters, 25 July 1781-9 April 1783 (Manuscript) (PRV/18) AMPHITRITE & PRINCESS ROYAL, Letters, 31 January 1793-10 November 1796; Orders, PRINCESS ROYAL, 5 June 1793-10 March 1794 (Manuscript) (PRV/19) PRINCESS ROYAL, Orders, 31 August 1793-3 Oct 1795; standing orders, 16 April 1793 (Manuscript) (PRV/20) PRINCESS ROYAL, letters and orders, 4 Oct 1795-20 Oct 1796 (Manuscript) (PRV/21) LONDON, orders issued, 25 May 1797-21 March 1799; orders received, 15 May 1797-23 March 1799 (Manuscript) (PRV/22) LONDON, letters written, 15 May 1797-15 April 1800; letters received, 3 July 1797-4 April 1800 (Manuscript) (PRV/23) LONDON & ROYAL GEORGE, orders received 25 March 1799-21 Apr 1802; orders issued 1 May 1799-12 April 1802 (Manuscript) (PRV/24) ROYAL GEORGE, DREADNOUGHT, MINOTAUR, QUEEN, ATLAS, letters received, 15 Apr 1800-9 Oct 1807; letters written, 17 April 1800-27 Dec 1807 (Manuscript) (PRV/25) DREADNOUGHT, MINOTAUR, QUEEN, ATLAS, orders issued, 2 November 1803-1 Sep 1807; orders received, 10 September 1803-15 May 1807 (Manuscript) (PRV/26) Manuscript (PRV/27) Orders issued, 2 September 1807-23 November 1808; orders received, 21 Jul 1807-7 July 1808 (Manuscript) (PRV/28) Copies of secret letters written 20 November 1807-9 March 1810, received 19 Dec 1808-16 April 1809 (Manuscript) (PRV/29) ATLAS, orders issued, 23 November 1808-2 November 1809 (Manuscript) (PRV/30) ATLAS, letters sent, 25 November 1808-7 July 1810 (Manuscript) (PRV/31) ATLAS, orders issued, 3 November 1809-30 April 1810 (Manuscript) (PRV/32) Copies of secret letter sent, 26 November 1809-28 April 1810 (Manuscript) (PRV/33) Notes on the Azores or Western Islands, with directions for entering the harbour of Cadiz, signed H.C. 17 March 1808 (Manuscript) (PRV/34) Chronological list of the Captains of his Majesty's Royal Navy, 21 June 1673-1783, by Rear-Admiral John Hardy, 1784, published for T. Cadell, Strand, London (Manuscript) (PRV/35) Book containing thirty six French charts of Mediterranean ports, 1727-1730 (Manuscript) (PRV/36) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/37-38) Letters, 1807 (Manuscript) (PRV/39) Letters, 1808 (Manuscript) (PRV/40) Letters, 1809. (Manuscript) (PRV/41) Letters, 1810 (Manuscript) (PRV/42) Admiralty letters, 1807-1808 (Manuscript) (PRV/43) Letters from Junta and Governor of Cadiz, 1808-10 (Manuscript) (PRV/44) Captains letters, 1810 (Manuscript) (PRV/45) Misc correspondence, n.d. (Manuscript) (PRV/46) Letters, 1807-10 (Manuscript) (PRV/47) Autobiographical sketch of Admiral Purvis, up to 1810 (Manuscript) (PRV/48) Letters to John Child Purvis 1794 - 1800 (Manuscript) (PRV/49) Letters to John Child Purvis including from Lord Collingwood 1806. (Manuscript) (PRV/50) Letters, mostly foreign, in John Child Purvis collection 1807 (Manuscript) (PRV/51) Letters to and from John Child Purvis collection 1808 (Manuscript) (PRV/52) Letters to and from John Child Purvis collection 1808 including translation of foreign letters. (Manuscript) (PRV/53) Letters in John Child Purvis collection 1808. (Manuscript) (PRV/54) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/55) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/56) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/57) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/58) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/59) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/60) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/61) Purvis, John Child, Admiral, 1746-1825 (Manuscript) (PRV/62) Papers relating to other Purvis family members. (Manuscript) (PRV/101-103)

Autobiographical sketch of Admiral Purvis, up to 1810

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