Powell, John Roland, Reverend, Author, 1889-1980.

The collection consists of Powell's research notes, typescript drafts and annotated copies of publications. They mainly relate to his work in editing the Navy Records Society volumes on General at Sea Robert Blake (1598-1657) and maritime aspects of the English Civil War. There are also transcripts of manuscripts and printed tracts from the seventeenth century that Powell used in his research.

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ID:	POW
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1937-1972
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Powell, John Roland, Reverend, Author, 1889-1980. Collection of transcripts of manuscripts and early printed tracts relating to Admiral Blake, 1640-57. (Manuscript) (POW/1) Collection of historical notes on Admiral Blake, 1640-57. (Manuscript) (POW/2) Collection of transcripts of manuscripts relating to the maritime aspect of the Civil War, 1642-48. (Manuscript) (POW/3) The capture of Jersey by Blake, 1651, and transcripts of the French account from the Clarendon State Papers 43 (in French). (Manuscript) (POW/4) Collection of transcripts of manuscripts relating to Sir George Ayscue, Ireland, Scilly and Barbados, 1651-2. (Manuscript) (POW/5) 'The Letters of Robert Blake', edited by J.R. Powell, Publications of The Navy Records Society, Volume 76, 1937. (Manuscript) (POW/6) Annotated copy of 'The Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell', Volume 4, with an introduction by Wilbur Cortez Abbott, 1947. (Manuscript) (POW/7) Uncorrected advance proof of 'Robert Blake General-at-Sea' by J.R. Powell, published by Collins, London, 1972. (Manuscript) (POW/8) 'Robert Blake, Admiral and General at Sea' by Hepworth Dixon, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1856. (Manuscript) (POW/9) 'Documents relating to the Civil War 1642-1648', edited by J.R. Powell and E.K. Timings, published by The Navy Records Society, 1963. (Manuscript) (POW/10) 'The Navy in the English Civil War' by the Reverend J.R. Powell (a typescript draft bound in two parts). (Manuscript) (POW/11) Original artwork to accompany text by the Reverend J.R. Powell, and a copy of his article 'Blake's Reduction of the Scilly Isles in 1651', reprinted from the 'Mariner's Mirror' 1931. (Manuscript) (POW/12)

Powell, John Roland, Reverend, Author, 1889-1980.

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