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Red covered diary of Matthew Porter-Price covering eight years of his life, but also including retrospective entries commencing from his birth in 1798. This volume also includes references to historical events, like the naval victories of Lord Nelson, the abolition of slavery, and the burning ...
Black covered diary of Matthew Porter-Price covering two years of his life generally describing his work as a teacher living in a small private school. This volume details the affair of his nephew's wife and recalls wishing farewell to his nephew, James Brent-Price, on his emigration to Austra...
Marbled cover diary of Matthew Porter-Price covering two years of his life continuing his work at a private school. This volume includes a few further references to his nephew, James Brent-Price. This folder includes some two loose items from within this volume, a note on the family of Willia...
Journal recording James Brent-Price's voyage to Australia and his new life there
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Nine booklets recording news received by Matthew Porter-Price from his nephew in Australia, James Brent-Price. They are labelled "Australia 1-9" respectively and each cover a year of news received by correspondence. Together they were originally bound within a single volume. This folder includ...
Letters from James Brent-Price to his uncle, Matthew Porter-Price
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A large number of long, handwritten letters from James Brent-Price in Australia to his uncle in England, Matthew Porter-Price. This folder also includes several partial letters from James, as well as three letters to Matthew from his cousin, John Brent regarding his brother.
Three pages taken from parish magazine of Salford Priors with Dunnington, consisting of a photocopy of the cover of the magazine depicting a drawing of HMS Victory, and two pages of an article entitled "Lord Nelson and my Uncle Matt" by J W Evershed, about Matthew Porter-Price.
Volumes 1 and 2 of Henry Tuckwell's journals recording a trip to North America
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Two volumes of handwritten journals describing a tour of engineering works in North America by Henry Maurice Surtees Tuckwell from Jan-Feb 1917. Each volume contains a hand-written account of Tuckwell's trip supplemented by postcards, menus and newspaper cuttings pasted into each volume. Volume 1...
Volumes 3 and 4 of Henry Tuckwell's journals recording a trip to North America
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Two volumes of handwritten journals describing a tour of engineering works in North America by Henry Maurice Surtees Tuckwell from Feb-May 1917. Each volume contains a hand-written account of Tuckwell's trip supplemented by postcards, menus and newspaper cuttings pasted into each volume. Volume 3...
1. Letter signed by Sir Cloudesley Shovell, to the Portsmouth commissioners, ordering nine or ten bolts of duck canvas and a hundredweight of sewing twine; Triumph, 2 July 1703. 2. Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney's orders for 'Night Parole at Sea' for March 1780 to February 1781, written by h...
Francis Gerald St John's log book kept while serving as midshipman on HMS Triumph and Constance, predominantly in the China Seas, illustrated throughout with nautical charts and technical drawings. St John was discharged from Triumph on 11 November 1885 to Constance for passage to China.