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1. Add MS 35191-35202

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BRIDPORT PAPERS: official and private correspondence and papers of Admiral Alexander Hood (1726-1814), Baron Bridport (of Ireland 1794, of England 1796), Viscount Bridport (1801); 1755-1806. Lord Bridport was second in command of the Channel Fleet under Lord Howe in Feb. 1793, commanded squadrons for particular services in 1795 and l796, and was Commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet 1797-1800. He sat as M.P. for Buckingham, 1790-1796.
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Correspondence and papers of Lord Bridport: 1755-1806.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1755-1806
Extent:
12 items

2. Add MS 35193-35201

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BRIDPORT PAPERS. Vols. III.-XI. General correspondence of Lord Bridport, consisting chiefly of official orders and letters to him when on active service from the Admiralty and naval officers, with some holograph drafts or copies of his replies. Arranged chronologically in nine volumes. Folio. The names of the writers are given in the index.
Scope & Content:
Admiral Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport: General correspondence: 1755-1806.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1755-1806
Extent:
9 items

3. Add MS 35191

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BRIDPORT PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 16). Private Diary of Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, 18 May-23 July, 1803. Holograph. This is the missing "No. 1" of the Diary more fully described under Add. 34,966-34,968. The opening entry runs "May 18th, 1803. Sett out from London at 5 in the morning and hoisted ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1803-23 Jul 1803
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 35192

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BRIDPORT PAPERS. Vol. II. (ff. 80). Letters to Lord Bridport, 1773-1800, from:-(I) [William Pitt, Earl of] Chatham; 8 Apr. 1773-28 Dec. 1777. Eight letters, the fifth of which (6 June, 1773) contains the following characteristic passage, "What can France desire more, than to see her Rival sinkin...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1773-10 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 35202

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BRIDP0RT PAPERS. Vol. XII. (ff. 333). Family and private correspondence, consisting of letters from members of the Hood family, Lord Bridport's estate-agents and others, with sonic letters and papers connected with his shares and interest in prizes, etc.; 1755-1800. The names of the writers are ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1755-1800
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 35197

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Vol. VII. (V. ff. 238). Jan. 1796-June, 1797. Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Lord Bridport: 1795-1801. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Letterbook for County Volunters: 1803-1805. George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Correspondence with Lord Bridport: 1794 -1801. includes: f....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1796-Jun 1797
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 35198

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Vol. VIII. (VI. ff. 226). July-Dec. 1797. includes: ff. 3, 50, 57, 59, 69, 76, 100 Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth: Naval intelligence: 1796. f. 5 Captain Alexander Hood, RN: Letters to Lord Bridport: 1772-1797. ff. 7, 9, 32, 34, 38, 56, 67, 71-74, 80, 95, 124, 142, 221 Admiral Sir Richard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1797-Dec 1797
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 35199

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Vol. IX. (VII. ff. 266). 1798. includes: f. 1 William Marsden: Letters to Lord Bridport: 1797-1806. ff. 3-7, 60, 89, 136, 233, 234, 249 Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Lord Bridport: 1795-1801. ff. 9, 218, 226, 227 Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, GCB: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 35194

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Vol. IV. (II. ff. 345). 1784- June, 1794. Admiral Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport: Correspondence with Lord Howe: 1775-1783. Richard Howe, Viscount and 1st Earl Howe: Correspondence with, and instructions to, Lord Bridport: 1775-1797. includes: f. 3 Thurlow, Baron Thurlow; Lord Chancellor:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784-1794
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 35195

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Vol. V. (III. ff. 304). July, 1794-June, 1795. includes: ff. 1-179 passim Richard Howe, Viscount and 1st Earl Howe: Correspondence with, and instructions to, Lord Bridport: 1775-1797. ff. 1-179 passim Admiral Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport: Correspondence with Lord Howe: 1775-1783. ff. 3, 6...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1794-Jun 1795
Extent:
1 item