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Add MS 15855
- Record Id:
- 032-002093545
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002093545
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000044.0x000293
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15855
- Title:
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ORIGINAL Book of Orders and Letters of Commodore George Anson, during his voyage round the world, in the Centurion, with the squadron under his command, from July, 1740, to December, 1743. Interspersed are:-Order from the Viceroy of Canton, 27 July, 1743, f. 7; -Letters (partly in cypher) from Commodore Anson to [Thomas Pelham Holles] Duke of Newcastle, Principal Secretary of State, dat. 4 Nov., 19 Nov., 17 Jan. 1740, ff. 44, 47, 64;-Plan of the bearings of the squadron from the port of Acapulco, 24 Feb. 1741, f. 106;-List of prisoners taken in the King of Spain's ship, the Nuestra Senora del Caba Donga, 20 June, 1743, f 141 b.;-Letter from Commodore Anson to the Duke of Newcastle, with a narrative of his voyage, from 16 Jan. 1740, to 16 Oct. 1742, dat. Canton, 7 Dec. 1742, f. 154 ;-Letter to the same [Jan. 174 2/3], f. 161. Prefixed is a statement of the number of men, guns, stores, etc., in each vessel, f. 19 b., and at the beginning of the volume is entered in a Spanish hand, some accounts of Gonzales de Salazar, relating to the duties paid at the port of San Francisco de Paita, in Santa Fé, etc., in 1740, 1741, f 2. Folio. [15,855.]
- Scope & Content:
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Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle: Letters to him from Commodore George Anson,: 1740-1742.
Admiral George Anson, Baron Anson: Original Book of orders and letters during his voyage round the world: July 1740-Dec. 1743.
includes:
- f. 2 Gonzalesde Salazar: Accounts of duties paid at San Francisco: 1740.
- f. 7 Canton; City of: Order from the Viceroy, 27 July: 1743.
- ff. 44. 47. 64 Admiral George Anson, Baron Anson: Letters to the Duke of Newcastle: 1740.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002093545
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002093545
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1740
- End Date:
- 1743
- Date Range:
- Jul 1740-Dec 1743
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anson, George, Admiral Baron Anson
Holles, Thomas Pelham-, Duke of Newcastle, prime minister, 1693-1768
Salazar, Gonzalesde