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A COLLECTION of Oricinal Letters and Papers, principally addressed to Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, and relating to the expedition to the Texel, under his command ; in the following order:-

Acknowledgment of Benjamin Gonson, Treasurer of the Admiralty, of money received from the Exchequer, 18 Aug. 1556, f. 1 ;-" Her Majesties whole ordinarye charge at Chatham, within the moneth of September, 1596," signed by W[illiam] Borough, B[enjamin] Gonson, Roger Langforde, and Peter Buck, f. 2;-Similiar accompt for the month of July, 1501, signed by John Legatt, Henry Palmer, Thomas Trevor, and Peter Buck, f. 4;-

" An account of 17 French men.of-war, and 17 Spanish gallions, taken and burnt by her Majesty Queen Ann and the States Generall's Fleet [under the command of Sir George Rooke], at Vigo, in Gallicia, in Spain, in October, 1702," with a small plan of the Bay of Vigo, shewing the position of the fleet, " M.L. fecit, æt. 82; " (on vellum), f 6;-" Table for computing the pay of a ship," f 7 ;-Estimate of the value of a ship and vessell of each rate, with stores and provisions for eight months, and the charge of maintaining them a year at sea, " from Mr. Fawler, Feb. 18th 172 7/8," f. 8;-" An account of a vessel spoke with by his Majesty's ship Hampton Court,

Captain Savage Mostyn, Commander," Apr. 1748, f. 10;-Form of Order (in duplicate), signed by Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren, n. d., fr. 11, 12 Order to Captain Smith, H.M. sloop Scourge, signed by Vice-Admiral Robert Roddam, Commander-in-Chief' in the Medway, 6 March, 1782, f 13;-Three Orders from the Board of Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Andrew Mitchell, 29, 30, 31 July, 1799, signed by Admiral James Gambier, and William Young, and Robert Man, ff. 15, 19;-Letters addressed to Vice- Adml. Mitchell, by Admiral William Young, 2 Aug. 1799, f. 21 ; Evan Nepean, Secretary to the Admiralty, 6 Aug. 1799, communicating a letter from Capt. John Aylmer, 4 Aug. 1799, f. 24 ; and Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas (afterwards Viscount Melville, Secretary at War), Walmer Castle, 11 Aug. 1799, f 26;-[Adam] Lord Duncan's distinguishing vanes, communicated to Vice-Adml. Mitchell, 20 Aug. 1799, f 28 b. ;-Letters addressed to Vice-Admiral Mitchell, by Vice-Admiral Michael Makaroff, (three letters), 20, 28 Aug., 13 Sept. 1799, ff. 30, 32, 47 ; T. C. de Heerdt d'Eversberg, Helder, 1 Sept. 1799, Fr., f. 34; Count d'Almeida [Juan d'Almeida Mello e Castro, Conde das Galveas], London, 5 Sept, 1799, f. 36; Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas (Secretary at War), 6 Sept. 1799, f. 38; Count [Alexander] Woronzow (Russian Minister in England), Lond., 8 Sept. 1799, Fr., f. 41 ; William Frederic, Hereditary Prince of Orange [afterwards King of the Netherlands] (two letters), 9, 10 Sept. 1799, Fr., ff'. 43, 45;-Order from the Board of Admiralty, 25 Sept. 1799, signed by [John George] Earl Spencer, [Charles George] Lord Arden, and Robert Man, f. 49;-Extract of Adml, Makaroff's letter to the Emperor Paul, 29 Sept. 1799, f. 51 ;-Translation of a letter from the Prince of Orange to Vice. Adml. Mitchell, 21 Aug. 1799, f. 53;-Letters to the same from Sir Evan Nepean, 24 Oct. 1799, f. 55 ; Vice-Adml. Archibald Dickson (three letters), 30 Oct,, 6, 10 Nov. 1799,

ff. 57, 74, 77; Hendrick vander Merct El Nov. 1799], f. 59; Capt. J. F. Capellen (copy), f. 61 ; Capt. T. Hand, 1 Nov. 1799, communicating a letter from Col. Robert Anstruther, 1 Nov. 1799, f. 63; Capt. W. A. von Spengler, 1 Nov. 1799, f. 66; Lieut. Joan Philip Eilbracht, Dutch prisoner (two letters), 1, 2 Nov. 1799, ff 68, 70; General E. F. Simon, of the Batavian army, 12 Brumaire, ann. 8 [2 Nov. 1799], Fr., f. 72 ;-Order of Rear-Adml. Francis William Drake to Capt. Houlton, H.M.S. Montague, 7 Nov. 1779, f. 76;-Order from the Board of Admiralty, 30 Nov. 1799, signed by Lord Arden, Sir W. Young, and Robert Man, f 79;-Memorial from five inhabitants of Enckhuysen to Vice-Adml. Mitchell, 30 Nov. 1799, Dutch, with an English translation, ff 81, 83;-Letters to Vice-Adml. Mitchell from Robert Brownrigg, 24 Dec. 1799 (copy), f. 85; William Fauquier, Registrar of the Order of the Bath, 31 Dec. 1799, f 86; Robert Nicolson, 2 Jan. 1800, f. 87;-Van Braam (two letters), 24 Mar. 6 Apr. 1800, Fr., ff. 88, 89. Folio. [15,910.]