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Add MS 41080
- Record Id:
- 040-002092990
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002092988
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001486.0x000135
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 41080
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MELVILLE PAPERS (2nd ser.). Vol. II (ff. 129). Letters of Sir Home Riggs Popham [Rear-Adm. 1814], chiefly to Lord Melville; 28 Nov. 1800-9 Feb. 1808. A number deal with projects to destroy the French fleet by "explosion vessels" in 1804. Sale, lot 157.
Sir Home Riggs Popham, Admiral: Letters to 1st Lord Melville: 1800-1805.
Navy; England: Letters of Sir H. R. Popham to Lord Melville: 1800-1805.
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Letters to, from Sir H. R. Popham: 1800-1805.
includes:
- f. 3 Sir Home Riggs Popham, Admiral: Letter to D. Scott: 1801.
- ff. 14, 82, 120 Daniel Bayley, KB 1815: Letters to Sir H. R. Popham: 1804, 1805.
- f.52 William Sturges-Bourne, politician: Letter to Sir H. R. Popham: 1804.
- f. 80 Francisco de Miranda, South American general: Letter to Sir H. R. Popham: 1804.: Fr.
- f. 94 Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen, KCB, MP for Sandwich 1826: Letter to Capt. H. R. Popham: 1804.
- f. 115 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Fort Rouge with bomb-ship under it: 1804.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002092988
040-002092990 - Is part of:
- Add MS 41079-41085 : MELVILLE PAPERS
Add MS 41080 : MELVILLE PAPERS (2nd ser.). Vol. II (ff. 129). Letters of Sir Home Riggs Popham [Rear-Adm. 1814], chiefly to Lord Melville; 28… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002092988[0002]/040-002092990
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 41079-41085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 28 Nov 1800-9 Feb 1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bayley, Daniel, of the King's Bench, fl 1804-1820
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, lawyer, politician and statesman, 1742-1811
Miranda, Francisco, South American general
Navy of England
Owen, Edward William Campbell Rich, Admiral; KCB, MP for Sandwich 1826
Popham, Home Riggs, Admiral
Sturges-Bourne, William, politician