Search

Name Navy of France Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 8282

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8282
Title:
COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, and letters relating mostly to the history of the Church and political affairs in 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1492-1715. Latin, Italian, and Spanish. Copies. Imperfect. Table of contents in Latin (ff. 2-3v), identifying the missing text after f. 80 as a commentary by [Girolamo?] Seripandi on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. 'D.V.10' and 'LXXIII' in pencil, and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J770' on f. 1: identifiable with Falconieri MS. 73 in...
Scope & Content:
Europe: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Italy General: Miscellany rel. to: 17th-18th cent.: Ital. and Lat: Copies. Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford bindings: bef. 1828. includes: ff. 15-46v Scipio di Castro, political...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1492-1715
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8759

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8759
Title:
REPORTS ON THE FINANCES OF FRANCE, with a list of its Naval Forces; 1741-1742, 1744, 1749. French. Copy. Detailed accounts of royal revenues and expenses in France for the years 1741-1743 at the time of the contrôleur général de Finances Philibert Orry (1730-1745). Preceded by a list of French Naval Forces in 1723-1749 under the minister of Marine Jean Frédéric Phelippeaux, Comte de Maurepas. Stamp of the Colonna library 'Libraria Colonna' in red on ff. ii, 2, 162, iv verso; for the Colonna ...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: late 18th cent. Revenue: Accounts: Louis XV of France: Financial reports of France: 1741-1742, 1744: Fr: Copies. includes: ff. 1-4v General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Louis XV of Fran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1741-1749
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 19721

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 19721
Title:
"ÉTAT abrégé de la Marine . . . . . . Année 1760." Lists of officers and ships of the French navy. Vellum; finely written, and having two tinted drawings of the ports of Brest and Toulon, by Nicolas Marie Ozanne, "dessinateur de la Marine." In morocco binding, with the arms and crown of France on the covers. Octavo. Formerly belonged to J. J. Bure.
Scope & Content:
General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Navy lints: A.D. 1671 - 1779. Pierre Simon Fournier, Book-binder to Louis XV: Bound: in 1760. Bindings FRENCH: Gilt morocco, by P. S. Fournier: 1760. includes: f. 1 Brest: View of the harbour, by N. M. Ozanne: 1760. ff. 1, 47 Nicolas Marie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 21384

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 21384
Title:
PAPERS in French in the handwriting of Gabriel Bory, "Chef d'Escadre" in the navy of France, Governor of the Leeward Islands and of St. Domingo, viz.: 1. Journal of explorations by M. de Kerasoret, May-July, 1753, with descriptions of many of the smaller islands of the Bahama group, f. 1. 2. Papers relating to the ships "Heroine" and "Hébé," with plans 1755, 1756, f. 28. 3. List of the fleet on the north-west coast of France; 1756, f. 39. 4. Signals for frigates on the same coast, f. 4...
Scope & Content:
General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Papers relating to, by G. Bory: 1753-1777.: Fr. Gabriel Bory, Governor of the Leeward Isles and of S Domingo: Journal and papers: 1753-1777. includes: ff. 1-27 de Kerasoret: Journal of his explorations in the Bahamas: 1753.: Fr. ff. 1-27 Ba...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1753-1775
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 21385

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 21385
Title:
PIÈCES relatives à la marine Française, 1712-1776, viz.: 1. Letter from [Michel] Le Peletier [de Sousi, Director General of Fortifications] to M. Le Blanc; concerning the recapture of the fort of Knock [on the Yser in West Flanders]; Paris, 24 Oct. 1712, with memoirs on the same subject, f. 1. 2. Letter from [Louis Hector] Maréchal, Duc de Villars; dat. Villars, 10 Oct. 1716, f. 8. 3. "Memoire touchant les Postes des Rades du Port Louis et de Penmanec" [in Brittany], with coloured plans ...
Scope & Content:
General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Pièces relatives à la Marine Française: 1712-1766. includes: f. 1 Michel Le Pelletier de Sousi, Director-General of Fortifications: Letter to M. le Blanc: 1712.: Fr. ff. 1-7 Kock Fort; on the Yser in W. Flanders: Papers relating to: 1712.: F...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 21386

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 21386
Title:
ORIGINAL letters in French, chiefly relating to French naval affairs; 1664-1756, viz.: 1. [Jean François Tremolet, Baron, afterwards Marquis de] Montpezat, concerning the ravages of the plague in Holland; Dunkirk, 23 July, 1664, f. 1. 2. [Jean Baptiste] Colbert [Marquis de Seignelay] to M. Colbert de Terron; St. Germain en laye, 28 April, 1670, f. 3. 3. François Evêque de Heliopolis, respecting an interview with M. de Croissy; Paris, 28 Oct. 1680, f. 4. 4. [Michel le Tellier, Marquis] ...
Scope & Content:
General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Letters relating to naval affairs: 1664-1756. includes: f. 1 Jean François Tremolet, Baron; afterwards Marquis de Montpezat: Letter on the plague in Holland: 1664.: Fr. f. 3 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1st Marquis de Seignelay; French minister of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1664-1756
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 23607

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23607
Title:
PLANS and drawings of vessels in the French navy; with explanatory statements, by Captain F. Dubois; 1806-1813. Paper; XIXth cent. Large Folio.
Scope & Content:
General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Plans of French vessels, by Capt. F. Dubois: 1806-1813. F- Dubois, Captain: Plans of French vessels, with explanations: 1806-1813.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1806-1813
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 27486

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 27486
Title:
"Reecoeuil d'Aneedottes anciennes et relatives à la Révolution Françoise, et Liste des Flottes Françoises et Anglaises qui sont sorties des ports respectifs et qui se sont livrés divers Combats dans la guerre des insurgents; de 1776 en 1783," by M. de Calonne. Paper; xviiith cent. Duodecimo.
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Lists and establishments.: 1594 - 1810. Louis XVI of France: Anecdotes relatives à la Révolution Françoise: 1776-1783. General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Navy lints: A.D. 1671 - 1779. de Calonne, Abbé: Commonplace book: 1776-1796.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 33589

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 33589
Title:
LETTERS and papers, public and private, collected by John Smyth, of Nibley, and his family, chiefly relating to co. Gloucester; 1632-xviiith cent. The latter portion (ff. 121-304) consists of correspondence of [James Butler, lst] Duke of Ormonde, principally with, or relating to the affairs of, William George Richard Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby, who married Lady Elizabeth Butler, his granddaughter; 1673-1688. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. Paper; ff. 350. Folio.
Scope & Content:
William Dick, Merchant of Edinburgh: Loan to Sir W. Hamilton: 1632. includes: f. 1 Sir William Hamilton, of Elieston: Loan to, from W. Dick: 1632. ff. 3-6 Charles I of England: Sir W. Dick's accompt with the Parliament for the supply of ships, etc.: 1646. ff. 3-6 Captain Louis Dick: Account wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1632-18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 38888

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 38888
Title:
NAVAL SIGNAL-BOOK and commonplace-book of Lieut. [Charles] Hipkins on board H.M.S. Lapwing, viz.: 1. Summary of events in 1797 and 1798, including description of the battles of St. Vincent and Camperdown and breaking off at the Battle of the Nile. f. 2. 2. System of numerical signals used in the French Navy, nos. 1-240. Probably a translation of the 1797 official signal-book. f. 8 b. 3. "Captain [Edward] Rotheram's Orders, H.M.S. Lapwing," of which he took command in 1800. f. 13 b. 4. ...
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Signal-book and commonplace-book of Lieut. C. Hipkins, with coloured drawing of "H.M.S. Lapwing in stays": circ. 1800. Lieutenant Charles Hipkins, RN: Naval signal and commonplace-book of: circ. 1800. includes: f. 8 b General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Naval s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 item