Add MS 49593

HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. LXIII (ff. 48). Plans of harbours and dockyards, etc., and other oversize documents, with some of their enclosing documents; 1847-1858. Arranged as follows:–

A. 'Copy of Plan referred to in Report of Colonel Lewis dated 10th August 1847' showing proposed dockyard and defences at Portland Harbour, co. Dors. No scale given. South at top.

ff. 7b-8. Ink and coloured wash. 725 x 960mm.

B. Plan of The Verne Hill area at Portland, co. Dors., showing land in possession of Admiralty required by War Department. Drawn to accompany Lt.-Col. Broughton's letter to Inspector General of Fortifications, 4 Mar. 1856. No scale given. East at top.

f. 9. Ink and blue wash. 270 x 490mm.

C. 'Plan of Pembroke Yard with proposed Additions . . . as brought under the notice of the Lords of the Admiralty at their late visit'. Drawn by Edward Miller, Clerk of Works, 2 Sept. 1856. No scale given. North at top.

ff. 32b-33. Ink and coloured wash. 820 x 985mm.

D. Plan of Cork Harbour, 1856, copied from the Ordnance Survey of the County of Cork, Sheet 87. Scale bar of approx. 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]. North at top. Followed by part of 1844 Ordnance Survey map of same area and on same scale, with colour and MS. additions indicating landowners.

ff. 39-41. Pen and ink. 295 x 465mm., 405 x 560mm.

E. Sections of Keyham Yard Tunnel, Devonport, 1856. Scale of 1 inch to 2 feet [1:24].

ff. 46-47. Coloured inks.

includes:

• f. 1 General William Edward Delves Broughton: Letter, etc., to Lord Halifax: 1856.
• ff. 1-11 Portland, Dorset: Papers rel. to breakwater: 1847-1856.
• ff. 7b, 9 Maps and Plans: Plans of proposed breakwater at Portland: 1847: Copy.
• f. 12 Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons GCB: Correspondence with T. G. Baring: 1856, 1857: Partly copies.
• f. 12 Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron and 1st Earl of Northbrook: Correspondence with Lord Lyons: 1856, 1857: Partly copies.
• ff. 22-25 Admiral Sir William Robert Mends, GCB: Memoranda by,: [1856].
• ff. 28, 30 Admiral Sir Robert Smart, KCB: Letters, etc., to Lord Halifax: 1855-1856: Partly signed.
• f. 32b Maps and Plans: Plan of Pembroke Dockyard: 1856.
• f. 32b Edward Miller, Clerk of the Works at Pembroke Dockyard: Plan of Pembroke Dockyard: 1856.
• f. 32b Town of Pembroke: Plan of Dockyard: 1856.
• ff. 34, 35 Major-General Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 1st Baronet: Letter, etc., to Lord Halifax: 1856.
• f. 35 Richard Griffith, Irish Commissioner of Public Works: Letter to Sir T. A. Larcom: 1856.
• f. 37 Richard Griffith, Irish Commissioner of Public Works: Memorandum by,: 1856.
• f. 37 County of Cork: Memorandum rel. to Harbour: 1856.
• ff. 39, 40b County of Cork: Maps of part of Harbour: 1844, 1856: Partly printed, with MS additions.
• ff. 39, 40b Maps and Plans: Maps of part of Cork Harbour: 1844, 1856: Partly printed, with MS additions.
• f. 43 Thomas Woollcombe, Town Clerk of Davenport: Letter to T. Phison: 1856.
• f. 43 Thomas Phinn, Second Secretary to the Admiralty: Letter to,: 1856.
• ff. 46, 47 Maps and Plans: Plans of Keyham Yard Tunnel, Devonport: 1856.
• ff. 46, 47 Devonport, Devon: Plans of Keyham Yard Tunnel: 1856.
• f. 48 Slaves, Slave Trade: Slave vessels captured in: 1857-1858.