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421. Add MS 39793

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LETTERS to Sir William Hamilton, K.B., Envoy at Naples, from British diplomatists serving in Italy, with occasional holograph drafts of his replies (ff. 106, 120, 143, 147, 217, 231, 255, 275) ; 11 Sept. 1778-27 Feb. 1800. The writers are :- (a) John Udny, Consul at Leghorn, relating chiefly t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
11 Sep 1778-27 Feb 1800
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1 item

422. Add MS 39822

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PAPERS of Samuel Pepys, 1685/6-1695, and Larcum Kendall, 1765-1796, viz:- 1. Statements, dated 1688, Dec. 1689, 22 Aug. 1695, by Pepys in his cypher, concerning the birth of [James Francis Edward] Prince of Wales [the Old Pretender], on 10 June 1688, chiefly copied from Margaret Dawson's MS., now Add.MS.26657 , before the loss of some of its leaves and the original binding as described on ff.10, 20. The book was in Pepys's hands from 22-29 Aug. 1695. Cf. also Add. MS. 33286 and Depositions ...
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includes: ff. 1-23 Prince James Francis Edward Stuart,; the 'Old Pretender': Cypher statements, decyphered, conc. birth of: 1688-1695. ff. 1-23 Cyphers: S. Pepys, cypher statements, decyphered, conc. birth of the Old Pretender: 1688-1695. ff. 1-23 Margaret Dawson, Gentlewoman of the Bedchamber ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1686-1796
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1 item

423. Add MS 39862

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LOG-BOOK of H.M.S. Victory from 19 September 1805 to 15 January 1806, kept by Thomas Atkinson, sailing-master. The original MS. from which the fair copy deposited at the Admiralty and now in the museum of the Public Record Office was made (see Catalogue of Manuscripts . . . . in the Museum of the Public Record Office, 12th Ed., 1926, p. 28, Case I, no. 106 ; extracts from this fair copy are printed in Logs of the Great Sea Fights, Vol. ii, Navy Records Soc., 1900, p. 183). The Battle of Traf...
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Log-book of H.M.S. " Victory": Sept 1805-Jan 1806. Navy; England: Log-book of H.M.S. " Victory": Sept 1805 - Jan 1806. George III of England: Log-book of H.M.S. "Victory": Sept.1805-Jan.1806. Thomas Atkinson, Sailing-master of HMS 'Victory.': Log-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805-1806
Extent:
1 item

424. Add MS 39869

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MISCELLANEOUS papers relating to Naval matters, viz:- 1. " Abstract of the general printed Sailing and Fighting Instructions, and Vice Admiral Arbuthnot's Additional Signals, 1779 " : a signal book, based on General Instructions and on the additions of Vice Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot for the North American station. Arbuthnot's Additional Instructions of 1779 are given from a printed copy in the Graves Collection by J. S. Corbett, Signals and Instructions, 1776-1794 (Navy Records Society, xx...
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includes: f. 1 Admiral Marriott Arbuthnot, Lieutenant Gov of Nova Scotia: Instructions and signals for the N. American Station: 1779.ff. 1-17 Navy; England: Signal-book for N. American station: 1779.ff. 20-28 Navigation: Remarks on French harbours, etc., and on landing places betw. the So...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1779-1809
Extent:
1 item

425. Add MS 39923

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MISCELLANEOUS letters and papers principally relating to Jacobites ; 1668-1790. Prefixed is a copy of a warrant of Queen Mary for restoration of rents, etc. to Thomas [Howard,] Duke of Norfolk, 3 Dec. 1553, " ex autographo penes P[etrum] l[e Neve] Norroy." A few are connected with the rebellion in 1745 and a large number with the trials of the rebels in 1746. The chief contents are :- 1. Letter from Alexander [Burnet], Archbishop of Glasgow, to Lord - 22 Feb. 1668. f. 2. 2. Letter from [Ja...
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Jacobites: Letters and papers rel. to: 1688-1788. includes: f. 1 Mary I of England: Warrant by, for restoration of rents to the Duke of Norfolk,: 1553.: Copy, 18th cent.f. 2 Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of Glasgow and (1679) of St. Andrews: Letter to Lord -: 1668.f. 3 James Fitzjames, Du...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1668-1790
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1 item

426. Add MS 39947

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" EMPCIONES et expense facte circa passagium domini Edmundi fratris Regis In Nauibus Incipientes prima die Septembris Anno regni regis Edwardi xxijo " [1294]. Roll of expenses for shipbuilding in preparation for the expedition of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, brother of Edward 1, to Gascony. It begins on 1 Sept. and ends (incomplete) on 19 Sept. The places mentioned are near Portsmouth and Southampton. For other documents relating to this expedition, see Rymer's Foedera, Record ed. i, pp. 808, ...
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Ship-building: Accompts for, for expedition to Gascony: 1294.: Lat. Portsmouth, Hampshire: Accompts for ship-building at, for expedition to Gascony: 1294.: Lat. Edmund, Earl of Lancaster: Accompts for ship-building for expedition of, to Gascony: 1294. Navy; England: Accompts for shipbuilding ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1294]
Extent:
1 item

427. Add MS 40001

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COLLECTIONS relating, to Portsmouth, co. Southt., by D[aniel] Howard, Alderman and several times Mayor of the borough (d. 1849-1850). Lat., Fr. and Engl. The volume consists chiefly of transcripts from chronicles, national and borough records, and from various printed sources, a list of which is given at the end (ff. 388-399). The volume has been used by R. J. Murrell and R. East in their Extracts from Records of the Borough of Portsmouth, 1884 (see p. 541). Paper; ff. ii + 404. Folio. First...
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Portsmouth, Hampshire: D. Howard's collections rel. to: bef. 1850.: Lat., Fr.. and Engl. Daniel Howard, Mayor of Portsmouth: Collections rel. to Portsmouth: 1st half of 19th cent.: Lat., Fr. and Engl. includes: ff. 20, 22, 25, 26 Porchester, Hampshire: Notes and extracts rel. to: bef. 1850....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of 19th century
Extent:
1 item

428. Add MS 40018-40055

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NAPIER PAPERS: private and official correspondence and papers of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. (b. 1786, d. 1860). Napier entered the navy in 1799, was promoted Lieutenant 1805, Commander 1807, Captain 1809, Rear-Admiral 1846, Vice-Admiral 1853 and Admiral 1858. In 1833, under the assumed name of Carlos de Ponza, he accepted the command of the Portuguese Regency fleet against Dom Miguel, with the rank of Vice-Admiral and Major-General of the Portuguese Navy, and for his services was by ...
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Navy; England: Correspondence and papers of Adm. Sir C. Napier, etc.: 1796 1904. Admiral Sir Charles Napier, KCB: Correspondence and papers: 1796-1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1796-1904]
Extent:
38 items

429. Add MS 40022

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Vol. V (ff. 327). 1843-Mar. 1848. includes: ff. 1, 2 b Prince Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich-Winneburg,; alias Metternich; Austrian statesman: Letters to Adm. Sir C. Napier: 1843, 1858.: Germ and Fr.: Copies.f. 3 Captain Charles George Elers- Napier, RN; stepson of Admiral Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and German
Date Range:
1843-Mar 1848
Extent:
1 item

430. Add MS 40027

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Vol. X (ff. 326). 1855-1904. Crimean War: Papers rel. to Baltic expedition during: 1854-1856. includes: ff. 1-168 passim Sveaborg, Finland: Memoranda and observations on defences of, and proposed attack on: 1854-1856.ff. 1-172 passim Baltic Sea: Papers of Adm. Sir C. Napier rel. to defenc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855-1904
Extent:
1 item

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