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Name: Royal Institution of Cornwall, Courtenay Library
Postal address: Royal Cornwall Musuem
River Street
Town: Truro
County: Cornwall
Post code: TR1 2SJ
Telephone: 01872 242786
Web address: http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/courtney-library/

41 documents found for Royal Institution of Cornwall, Courtenay Library:

Code Description Date Keywords
RSVR/4

 journal of Thomas Pope Rosevear, Boscastle merchant and shipowner, 1825-46, including note on shipbuilding, 1826

1825 - 1846 shipping
PPC/2/1

 papers relating to the Helford Independent Seine, 1837-56, including cash account, minutes of shareholders' meetings, shareholders' accounts, rules

1837 - 1856 Fishing accounts
Phil/A

papers of Miss M.E. Philbrick, mainly files of ms notes and photocopies relating to the Post Office packet service & postal history, including lists of sailings, mostly in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, notably 1-20

1700 - 1899 ships
Phil/1-20

letters of the Enys family, Falmouth merchants, 1667-97

1667 - 1697 trade commerce
NL(C)/18/1

 letter from D. Bamfield, St Ives, to N.R. Pearce regarding help given to distressed vessel, c.1790

1790   rescue
NL(C)/17/7

bill of Samuel Tresidder, jun. to Revd Edward Walmsey regarding work on the Black Rock, Falmouth, 1794

1794   port
NL(C)/16/1-5

letters of Sir Christopher Hawkins relating to the Thomas and Mary, the Mary, fishing, St Ives and Pier Bill, 1820-5

1820 - 1825 fishing
NL(C)/15/4-5

 letters from Sir Christopher Hawkins to G. Roberts, St Ives, regarding erection of new quay at St Ives, 1825

1825   port
NL(c)/10/1-3

 three journals relating to fish catches in the St Ives area, 1822-74, with some notes of wreck and with letters regarding Italian market, 1850-1, 1852, 1884

1822 - 1884 Fishing Trade
NAN/35

letter to John Nance regarding coastal defence, 1597

1597  
NAN/32

 letter of Arthur Harris to John Nance regarding threat of Spanish to coast, c.1590

1590   coastall defence
NAN/27

letter of Lord Paulet to John Nance requesting him to watch for wrecks in manors, 1589

1589   wrecks
MPP/1-3

papers relating to the Snowdrop, Fowey schooner, comprising account book, 1842-52; inward and outward shipping certificates for port of Liverpool, 1843; naval certificate of half-yearly return of documents, 1852, certificate of sale, 1842

1842 - 1852 ships shipping accounts
Misc. 10

journal of A.F.G. of his voyage from England to Sydney possibly on the Parramatta, 1876-7, and return

1876 - 1877 travel
MEN/82/A-O

letters of Francis Basset concerning Portreath quay and shipping, 1765-7 (also see 99-101)

1765 - 1777 dock port
MEN/15

 Admiralty boat licence for Fowey pleasure boat of Revd Robert Walker, 1793

1793   leisure
MEN/121

deposition regarding brandy found in river Gannel, 1749

1749   customs
MEN/119

account of John Pendarves Basset regarding export of slates from Hayle, 1736

1736   commerce
HU/13/8

manor court book of Predannack Wartha, parish of Mullion, 1715-63, with reference to items washed ashore, 1739

1739   wreck admiralty
Hooper/1-20

 papers relating to Banfield & Hooper, and other nineteenth-century shipping agents in Scilly and misc. papers, including photographs, relating to Scilly, notably 1-2, letter books, 1825-36, 1879-99; 2a, pilotage rates in Scilly district,

1825 - 1911 ships shipping
HOBLYN/9-38

 naval service papers of Edward Lee Hoblyn, 1826-81, including certificates, commissions, letters, pension papers

1826 - 1881 navy seaman
HL/9/1-71

misc. papers relating to creation of Wadebridge railway and dock, 1830-65

1830 - 1865 transport
HG/7/12

Admiralty commission to Francis Basset and others for inspecting goods and merchandise from pirate ship at St Ives, 1623

1623   law piracy
HF/16/35 & 37-9

 legal papers regarding Helford river fishing, c.1659

1659   law
HEND/KEND/26

memorandum of agreement regarding harbour at Par, 10 March 1830

1830   port
HE/4/10

legal papers regarding transport of goods through Padstow, 1841

1841   trade law
HD/13/28-35

papers relating to tithes of Crantock, 1686-1744

1686 - 1744 tithes
HB/60-80

 papers of the Basset family relating to wrecks, 1683-1867

1683 - 1867 wrecking
HA/8/1-36

paper relating to St Michael's Mount and Penwith, 1396-1663, including relating to pilchard and herring fisheries, fish tithes, quays

1396 - 1663 fishing
HA/16/70

legal papers relating to fish tithes in Mount's Bay, 1771

1771   fishing
HA/16/68

 account regarding smith work at St Michael's Mount quay, 1792-4

1792 - 1794 blacksmith
GAT/E/16

printed notice from Privy Council regarding quarantine restrictions at Falmouth, 28 July 1743

1743   Health
EN/145-7

 papers relating to coinage of tin, 1568-1753, notably 145g, merchants' petition to the King, seventeenth century, regarding trade; 146a, export accounts of Penzance and Truro, 1660-1

1568 - 1661 trade
BIR/28

 lease regarding tithe fish of Lelant, St Ives and Towednack, 1770

1770   fishing
B/1/29

assignment of a moiety of three deeds poll on St Ives pier, 1804

1804   port harbour
B/1/23

release and assignment of St Ives pier, 1777

1777   port
Acc.1958(Victoria Wills bequest),

logbook of the Mystery, lugger, from Newlyn to Melbourne, 1854-5

1854 - 1855 trade
Acc. 1943

logbook of the Hopewell of St Ives, brig, 1810-14, including of voyage from Falmouth to France, [printed Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, ns 1, pt 2 (1952), 122-9]

1810 - 1814 trade
A/1988/4

coastguard certificates of service of Edward Avery of Mousehole, 1842-58

1842 - 1858 coastguard
A/1988/1

 `Experiences and reminiscences of over forty years at sea' by William Harris, with photographs, nineteenth century , health & welfare

1800 - 1900 mariner
(z)z/13/42

 letters of administration on estate of James McGuinis, Penryn seaman, 1819

1819   mariner