Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
Digby 108 |
letter concerning the collection of ship money, 9 October 1636
|
1636 |
correspondence cash |
Homer 53/19 |
deed regarding cargo of herring at Leghorn, Italy and Ghent, Belgium, in the Concord, 1672
|
1672 - 1673 |
trade commerce Europe ships fish |
Baker 2/20 |
receipt from Francis Furbshir to William Coles of £13 for part of the Seaventure, 18 August 1683
|
1683 |
ships shipping payments |
MS 128/6 |
bill of lading of the Adventure, 1683
|
1683 |
ships trade |
Baker fo.21 no.2/5 |
three papers being duplicate copies of resolutions made at councils of war held onboard HMS Ranelagh, at Port Mahon, Minorca, 1710
|
1710 |
ships navy Europe |
Duke 345 |
lists of company of the St Hiago, taken by the Ambuscade, 3 May 1711
|
1711 |
navy ships crew |
Duke 346 |
certificate of John Milner, consul general for Portugal, to the Principal Officers and Commissioners of her Majesty's Navy, concerning the capture of the St James by the Ambuscade, 7 August 1711
|
1711 |
Europe ships battles privateering |
Duke 347 |
list of the company of the Ambuscade at the time of her taking the St James, 14 August 1712
|
1712 |
navy ships crew privateering |
Baker 2/13 |
certificate from J. Baker, vice-admiral, that Strijnsham Master, son of James Master, deceased, was alive 27 March 1712
|
1712 |
navy |
Galton 137 |
account by Nathaniel Alloway of the capture of his ship by a Spanish privateer, San Sebastian, 1740
|
1740 |
navy privateering |
Digby B 185 |
`abstract of the ordinary of the navy for 1746'
|
1746 |
|
Digby B 186 |
account of a naval engagement between the English and French fleets, 17 October 1747
|
1747 |
Europe war |
Baker 2/6 |
three Office of Ordnance accounts of Thomas Baker, storekeeper at Chatham justifying his having expended stores, 1753
|
1753 |
finances navy |
JWP |
correspondence and other papers of James Watt and family, 1754-, comprising many hundreds of individual documents, notably including papers on steam navigation and including W/8, letters from James Watt junior on his travels in Europe, 1784-7, includ |
1754 - 1822 |
collections ships America |
Galton 554 |
bond for the performance of covenants regarding the fitting of the Duke, with the parties being Richard Farr, John Galton and Hannah Galton (widow of Robert), 1757
|
1757 |
ships shipping |
Galton 555 & 625 |
two copies of arbitration award by Christoper Devonshire, John Lidderdale, Samuel Munckley and Isaac Elton in a dispute between John Galton, Hannah Galton (widow of Robert) and John Page regarding the Duke, 1758
|
1758 |
ships shipping |
Baker 2/8 |
letter from Richard Baker to the Board of Ordnance regarding wages due to his late son, William, carpenter onboard the Thunder Bomb, for work on the Grenade Bomb at Barbadoes, 1763
|
1763 |
correspondence navy pay ships |
Baker 2/9 |
letter from Lieut. Lee regarding visit by William Baker's father concerning his unpaid wages from the Admiralty, 1763
|
1763 |
navy correspondence pay |
Galton 556 |
assignment of shares in the Snow Farmer and the Kingston Gally, 1763, with the parties being Joseph Farmer and Samuel Galton
|
1763 |
ships ownership |
MS 39/115 |
account book of John Darbyshire, Daniel Ruston and other owners of the Darbyshire, 1765-75
|
1765 - 1775 |
trade ships ownership |
Galton 557-8 |
two bundles of papers, including letters, bills and accounts, including charge of piracy, concerning Archibald Douglas of Plymouth, Devon, Capt. James Verco of Cawsand, Cornwall, John Jago and owners of the Fox, privateer, .1770-90, 1 |
1770 - 1790 |
navy correspondence finances ships privateering |
Muir lead I boxes 3-4 |
Boulton & Watt collection, including plans, surveys and notes regarding Port Glasgow Harbour, Harbour of the City of Aberdeen, Cambeltown Harbour, and rivers and canals, 1770s
|
1770 - 1779 |
maps charts |
Galton 559 |
letters of marque and reprisal to Capt. James Verco, commander of the Fox, for the taking of French prizes, 1780
|
1780 |
navy correspondence ships |
Galton, 562-3 |
probate copy of the will of Capt. James Verco of Cawsand, Cornwall, 1781, proved 1789 and authenticated copy of his burial register entry of 5 July 1785
|
1781 - 1789 |
mariners deaths captains |
Galton 560 |
case on behalf of the King in the High Court of Admiralty for appeals in prize cases between James Verco, appellant, and James Pentreath, respondent, regarding prizes taken from the Dutch ship Jonge Juffrouw Anna, 1785, with the affadavit o |
1785 |
navy Royalty ships European privateering |
Galton 561 |
release from Henry Ley, James Beale, John Ovagan and others, late `marines', of the Fox to Archibald Douglas, merchant, of Stoke Damerel, Devon, of all their interest in five Dutch ships, 1785
|
1785 |
navy privateering European |
Digby B 102-3 |
two letters from Kenelm Digby, Madras, India, to Wriothesley Digby, concerning loss of his packets in the Severn Packet, 3 October 1786
|
1786 |
ships correspondence |
MS 1120/2 |
letter regarding estate in West Indies, including reference to Negro slaves, 1792
|
1792 |
correspondence colonies trade |
386806 [HR 21] |
journal of a voyage to Lisbon by William Withering, 1793-4
|
1793 - 1794 |
Europe Portugal travel |
Galton 142 |
address of Archibald Dalzel, governor-in-chief of the settlements on the west coast of Africa, to his officers at Cape Coast Castle, on his departure for Europe, 1798
|
1798 |
colonies |
Baker 2/22 |
letter from W. Baker to Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, concerning the character of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 9 December 1799
|
1799 |
navy correspondence Royalty |
Galton 564 |
account of expenses of the Perserverence on a return voyage from Liverpool to Africa and the West Indies, c.1800, with brief details of the sale of slaves
|
1800 |
ships costs trade |
Crowder 125 |
papers regarding wine trade with Lisbon, nineteenth - twentieth centuries
|
1800 - 1999 |
commerce alcohol Europe Portugal |
MS 1717 |
records of Scholefield, Goodman & Sons Ltd, export merchants, including shipping journal, 1801-3
|
1801 - 1803 |
Companies accounts |
Baker 2/15 |
five papers concerning Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker including references to his career in Barbadoes and Guadaloupe, 1814-40
|
1814 - 1840 |
navy Americas |
174641 [HR 53] |
journal by Thomas Clark Jun. of a tour, with Rowland Hill and William Matthews, through North Wales to Liverpool, 1817
|
1817 |
travel diary |
MS 1671 |
letters from John W. Armstrong of USA to Thomas Ross, Birmingham, including references to use of steamships in America, 1843-59
|
1843 - 1859 |
America correspondence |
MS 1799 |
reminiscences of George Sydney Ford, including details of journey by The Margaret Evans to New York, c.1850
|
1850 |
travel ships America |
MS 1565 |
autobiography of Dr William B. Ullathorne, Roman Catholic priest and former sailor, missionary to Australia, c.1850
|
1850 |
religion |
MS 1233 |
George Wright & Sons, ship's log manufacturers, including stock book, 1868 - c.1910, letter books, 1877-1901 and order books, 1888-1929
|
1868 - 1929 |
Companies engineers |
MS 1509/4/56-8 |
diary letters of A.B. Albright describing his travels around India, Australia, New Zealand, America, West Indies, 1882-1901
|
1882 - 1901 |
travel |
MS 1823 |
journal of James Bevan Chantrill of a sea voyage to Argentina, 1888
|
1888 |
travel Americas diary |
MS 1708 |
Beliss & Morcom Ltd records, general engineers, including of Royal Navy boat engines, including minutes, patents, note books and photographs including design and construction of steam, gas and diesel turbines, c.1890-1950
|
1890 - 1950 |
Companies engineering |
MS 1509/4/65 |
diary describing journey to the Friends' Industrial Mission Station, Chake-Chake, Pemba, Zanzibar, 1910-11
|
1910 - 1911 |
travel journal Africa |
MS 1509/4/66-7 |
diary letters describing journey to Quaker Mission Centre, Madagascar, 1924
|
1924 |
travel correspondence Africa |
MS 1762 |
letter concerning recruitment of ex-servicemen into the Post Office, 1936
|
1936 |
navy correspondence |
MS 1765 |
advertising scrapbook of Henry Hope & Sons Ltd of Smethwick, metal window manufacturers including cuttings regarding application of window designs to ships, 1938-56
|
1938 - 1956 |
Companies designers shipping |
MS 1432/H/3 & W/11 |
correspondence regarding William IV, steamship, supplied by Boulton & Watt to Australia, 1986, and regarding the Beaver, steamship, supplied to the Hudson Bay Company, 1987
|
1986 - 1987 |
shipping ships Companies |