1. Add MS 38812
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 38812
- Title:
- CODE of Day Signals, presented to [John Pitt, 2nd] Earl of Chatham, First Lord of the Admiralty, [in 1790], by John McArthur, Purser of H.M.S. Santa Margarita, [afterwards Secretary to Viscount Hood, and, in conjunction with J. S. Clarke, author of the Life of Lord Nelson]. Holograph, but apparently an early version of the Code finally presented. There is an account of the latter in Falconer's Marine Dictionary (1830), p. 474, which agrees with the MS. generally and also in extracts quoted, ...
- Scope & Content:
- John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham: Code of day signals presented to, by.J. McArthur: 1790. Navy; England: Code of day signals, by J. McArthur: 1790. John McArthur, biographer of Nelson: Code of day signals for the Navy: 1790.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1790
- Extent:
- 1 item