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21. Add MS 89230/3/9

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Title:
HMS Trafalgar Volume One
Scope & Content:
Volumes 1 to 3 of Markham's journal documenting his time as Rear Admiral and second-in-command in the Mediterranean. Markham's flagship was the Trafalgar, but at various points between 1892 -1893 he transferred to the Phaeton, the Australia and the Nile. Markham was made Rear Admiral in January ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1892-Jan 1893
Extent:
1 volume, plus 10 folios

22. Add MS 89230/3/10

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Title:
HMS Trafalgar Volume Two; plus Camperdown and Nile
Scope & Content:
Continuation of Markham's journal documenting his time as Rear Admiral and second-in-command in the Mediterranean. It opens with volume four of Markham's journal on board the Trafalgar, with entries from 25 January 1893 to 24 May. On 25 May Markham transferred his flag to HMS Camperdown. During ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1893-May 1894
Extent:
1 volume, plus 12 folios

23. Add MS 89230/3/11

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Title:
Commander in Chief at the Nore
Scope & Content:
Vice-Admiral Albert Markham's journal of his time as Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, the first entry dated November 1901 and closing on 17 August 1902. The journal contains detailed entries describing Markham's daily activities, naval manoeuvres and gunnery practice, visits to ports and naval e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1901-Aug 1902
Extent:
1 volume, plus 5 folios

24. Add MS 89230/3/12

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Title:
Draft excerpt from The Life of Sir Albert Hastings Markham
Scope & Content:
Typescript draft of ME and FA Markham, The Life of Sir Albert Hastings Markham (Cambridge University Press, 1927). The section describes the events surrounding the sinking of the Victoria, and details the manoeuvres of the fleet, and the subsequent court marshall upon return to Britain. In the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1920
Extent:
1 file

25. Add MS 89230/4

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Title:
Expedition journal: Hudson's Bay
Scope & Content:
Markham's manuscript journal of his journey on board the Alert, and subsequent journey from York Factory to Winnipeg via canoe. The Alert was surveying Hudson's Bay on behalf of the Government of Canada, to establish whether the Hudson Strait was open to navigation for a sufficiently long period...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 volume, plus numerous inserts (183 folios)