HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. XLIX (ff. i+183). 'Minute Book' of appointments made personally by Lord Halifax as First Lord of the Admiralty; 1855-1858. Preceded (ff. 1-24) by an index. Brown calf binding, blind-tooled. Quarto.
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vols. LVII, LVIII. Papers mostly relating to the transport service to and from the Crimea, mostly compiled for use in Parliament, 49587 being for use against William Schaw Lindsay, M.P., the ship-owner, on 22 June and 10 July 1855; 1850-1857.
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vols. XLVI-XLVIII (ff. i+62, i+66, i+63). Three memorandum books of Lord Halifax relating to the appointments of naval officers, and containing notes of interviews, careers, etc.; 1855-1857. Leaves have been cut out from Add. MS. 49576 between ff. 8 and 9. Quarto. Red calf bindings, with brass clasps.
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. XLI (ff. 67). Memorandum Book of Lord Halifax as Secretary of the Admiralty, mostly relating to the Royal Naval Dockyards and shipbuilding; 1835. Followed (ff. 62-67) by an index. Black morocco binding. Octavo.
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. LI (ff. i+26). Memorandum by Lord Halifax on a plan to retire Commanders; 1858. Preceded (ff. 1-6) by a draft of the plan and followed (ff. 13-26) by related memoranda, 1857, and lists of retired Commanders and Captains, n.d. Folio.
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. LX (ff. 6). Steam and other vessels forming the fleet reviewed by Queen Victoria at Spithead, 23 Apr. 1856. Followed (f. 6) by a statistical abstract. Arranged by classes. Contains constructional statistics, commanders' names, complements and occasional comments. Presumably ...
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vols. LII-LVI. Papers relating to the Navy Estimates; 1848-1859. Partly (48582, 48586) or mostly (49583-49585) printed. 49582-49585 mostly comprise Command Papers. Five volumes. Folio and large folio.
Scope & Content:
Revenue: Papers rel. to Budgets,: 1839-1859. England; Parliament: Correspondence, etc., used for Commons' speeches, etc., by Lord Halifax: 1839-1858.
HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. XLIV (ff. i+16). Steam vessels in the Royal Navy, with statistics relating to their construction; 1839. British America, and United States: Capt. F. Marryat, A Diary in America: 1838: Printed extracts, with MS additions.