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Letters from Riou to his mother before and after the loss of the GUARDIAN, n.d.

Papers of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); Letters from Riou to his mother before and after the loss of the GUARDIAN, n.d.

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ID:	RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/2
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Naval Manuscripts, Royal United Service Institution
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Riou, Edward, Captain, 1762-1801 (Manuscript) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); miscellaneous biographical material, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/1) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); DISCOVERY, 10 Feb 1776-30 Oct 1778 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/1) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); MEDIATOR, 20 March 1782-15 April 1783; SALISBURY, 8 March 1786-28 November 1788 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/2) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); SPHYNX, 4 Mar-13 May 1791 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/3) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); ROSE, 22 June 1793-24 March 1794; BEAULIEU, 26 March 1794-15 May 1795; THESEUS, (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/4) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); AMAZON, 28 May 1799-18 January 1800 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/5) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); AMAZON, 19 January-22 June 1800 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/6) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); AMAZON, 23 Jun-27 November 1800 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/7) Journal of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); AMAZON, 28 November 1800-12 March 1801 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/2/8) Papers of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); Mathematical Lessons for a young sailor, collected and transcribed by Edward Riou, (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/1) Papers of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); Navigation, 1775 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/2) Papers of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); Trigonometry, rough notes, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/3) Papers of Captain Edward Riou (1762-1801); Miscellaneous computations from 1782-87 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/4) Journal of a visit to France, 1786 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/5) Commonplace book, from 1787 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/6) Computations, 1788 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/7) Computations, GUARDIAN, 1789-90 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/8) Rough sketching book; includes a watercolour by Edward Riou of the GUARDIAN arriving in Table Bay, 22 Feb 1790; South African scenes. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/9) Account book, 1796 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/10) Orders for the discipline of HMS AMAZON, 1799 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/11) Index to Signals, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/3/12) Early letters and juvenalia, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/1) Letters from Riou to his mother before and after the loss of the GUARDIAN, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/2) Letters to and from Lord Spencer and others, relating to quitting the BEAULIEU, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/3) The Shakespeare Club (i.e. The Navy Society), n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/4) Correspondence re: HMS PRINCESS AUGUSTA, yacht, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/4/5) Proceedings and minutes of Courts Martial on the mutineers of 1797; printed proclamations and pamphlets (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/5) Printed copy of Riou's Journal of a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope... by Jacob van Reenen... in search of the GROSVENOR , 1792; with an account in Dutch (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/6) GUARDIAN, Observations by R F - account by the purser, Farquarson, of the boat trip to the Cape, with a typed transcript, 22 Dec 1789-19 January 1790 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/7/1) Remarks at Sea, containing a draft of the narrative of the loss of the GUARDIAN, with a typed transcript, n.d. (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/7/2) Original draft with notes of the logbook of the GUARDIAN, 24 Dec 1789-23 Feb 1790; with typed transcription (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/7/3) Notebook belonging to R Berens (nephew of Riou, dated 1797) re: Riou and the GUARDIAN (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/7/4) Probate of the Will of Riou, 27 April 1801 (Manuscript) (RUSI/NM/235/ER/8/1)

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