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1. Add MS 35191-35202

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BRIDPORT PAPERS: official and private correspondence and papers of Admiral Alexander Hood (1726-1814), Baron Bridport (of Ireland 1794, of England 1796), Viscount Bridport (1801); 1755-1806. Lord Bridport was second in command of the Channel Fleet under Lord Howe in Feb. 1793, commanded squadrons for particular services in 1795 and l796, and was Commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet 1797-1800. He sat as M.P. for Buckingham, 1790-1796.
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Correspondence and papers of Lord Bridport: 1755-1806.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1755-1806
Extent:
12 items

2. Add MS 35193

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Vol. III. (I. ff. 371). 1755-1783. includes: f. 7 Ceremonials: On receiving the Duke of Cumberland at Spithead: 1755. f. 8 Admiral Thomas Smith: Regulations for seamen: 1755.: Copy. f. 15 Admiral Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport: Appointment as Lieutenant in command of H.M.S "Firebrand": 1756...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1755-1783
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35193-35201

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BRIDPORT PAPERS. Vols. III.-XI. General correspondence of Lord Bridport, consisting chiefly of official orders and letters to him when on active service from the Admiralty and naval officers, with some holograph drafts or copies of his replies. Arranged chronologically in nine volumes. Folio. The names of the writers are given in the index.
Scope & Content:
Admiral Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport: General correspondence: 1755-1806.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1755-1806
Extent:
9 items

4. Add MS 35200

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Vol. X. (VIII. ff. 277). 1799. includes: ff. 5, 117, 195 Joseph Hunt: Letters, as Victualling Commissioner, to Lord Bridport: 1796-1801. ff. 10, 72, 239 Edmund Lockyer: Letters to Lord Bridport: 1798. ff. 13, 21, 53, 55 Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, Lord of the Admiralty: Letters to Lord Bridport...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item