Code |
Description |
Date |
Keywords |
Ga 24/8-12 |
correspondence concerning the hiring of a villa at Biarritz by Lord Galway, 1908
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1908 |
Europe travel leisure |
Mi 4 F/170-90 |
letters of Henry Ernest Digby Hugh Willoughby who served onboard HMS Canopus and HMS Indefatigable, 1900-1916
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1900 - 1916 |
correspondence navy ships |
Ne C 13,294/1-4 |
papers regarding Mr Gladstone and the Russian attack on the Turkish fleet at Sinope, 1886
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1886 |
navy |
MS5 |
logbooks, of Midshipman George Ross Divett, 1863-9, onboard HMS Columbine from Spithead to Rio de Janeiro (1863-4), HMS Sutlej in the Pacific and return to Spithead (1864-6, 1866-7), HMS Victory at Portsmouth (1867), HMS Gladiator Spithead to Portsmouth (1867-8), HMS Duke of Wellington at Portsmouth (1868-9), HMS Martin(r)MDBU on the south coast (1869)
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1863 - 1869 |
navy ships Brazil |
Me X 1/8-10 |
printed timetables of the Cunard Mail Steamers, 1862, (North America) Mail Steamers, 1861, Transatlantic Steamers, 1862
|
1861 - 1862 |
sailings ships |
Ne 2F/10 |
journal of the 5th duke of Newcastle written during his tour to and in the Crimea, June - October 1855
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1855 |
diary travel |
Ne |
papers of the earls of Newcastle, notably diplomatic papers especially those of the Colonial Office 9,552-10,884 (1852-5) and 10,885-11,653 (1859-65)
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1852 - 1865 |
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Ne C 12981-5 |
log books of Lord Lincoln's tour in the Mediterranean and of the Duke of Newcastle onboard R.Y.S. Schooner Gitana, 1850
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1850 |
Europe travel boats |
Ne C 8,990-9,018 |
misc. correspondence including reference to monument to Capt. Cook, 1844
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1844 |
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Dr F, 107/24 |
journal. Also Dr F 17-27, eleven diaries of Robert Holden, 1821-35; Dr F 30-67, thirty-eight diaries of William Drury Holden, 1833-9, 1845-74, 1876; Dr F 68-80, thirteen pocket diaries of William Drury Holden/Lowe, 1840-63, may also contain maritime references of W.D.N. Lowe on a tour of Canada and north America, 1853, including voyage
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1821 - 1876 |
journals |
Me X 6/8 |
two Navy 5% Annuity vouchers in favour of Mrs Anne Chambers, 3-4 May 1819
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1819 |
|
Ne P/40 |
sketch of a schooner to sail with three masts designed for an easy draft of water, proposed for the Duke of Newcastle by Linn Ratsey, Cowes, 16 November 1812
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1812 |
illustrations yachts |
Mi2 |
papers of Admiral Sir Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, 1803-49, papers of Capt. Francis Digby Willoughby, 1833-48
|
1803 - 1849 |
navy |
Me J4 |
journal with description of the journey of the Hope from Oporto and subsequent capture by the French, 1794-5
|
1794 - 1795 |
diary travel ships europe |
Me J3 |
journal of a tour to Gibraltar, 1793
|
1793 |
diary travel Europe |
Ga, 12386 |
J. Smythe's journal to France, 1786-90
|
1786 - 1790 |
diary Europe travel |
C.57-73 |
includes letter from the Duke of Portland to Charles Mellish with advice to accept a place on the Victualling Board, 1785
|
1785 |
correspondence |
Me X 1/4 |
diagram of the battle between the English and the French at Martinique, 30 April 1781
|
1781 |
Colonies |
Me 2 C.31-6 |
six letters of Tobias Stapleton to Charles Mellish mostly concerned with the progress of the war at sea, August 1780
|
1780 |
correspondence battles |
Dr D, 122/2e |
draft letter of attorney and abstract of title referring to a plantation in the parish of St Andrew in the island of Granada, 1779-86
|
1779 - 1786 |
Colonies |
Me 2 C.37-47 |
letters of William Mellish to Charles Mellish, 1778-9, including one reference to disapproval of obtaining place in the Victualling Office, 6 July 1785, |
1778 - 1785 |
correspondence |
Dr E, 42 |
shipping book for merchandise, inlcuding coffee and cotton, from Grenada, 1773-7
|
1773 - 1777 |
cargo trade commerce Colonies |
Me 2 L.4/1 |
small travel notebook of journey from England to Rome, 1621-2 & /2/1, small travel notebook of journey from Dover to Rome, 1763
|
1763 |
Europe |
Pw F/ letters to 3rd earl of Portsmouth, 673-716 |
from Captain John Albert Bentinck, 1763-75, including copy of a report regarding a new pump invented by Capt. Bentinck, 1768, report on the condition of HMS Centaur, 1770, copies of letters from Board of Admiralty, 1770; 1265-70, from Vice-Admiral Count William Bentinck, including copy of an account of Lord Howe's victory over the French fleet, 2 June 1794
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1763 - 1794 |
navy ships correspondence operations |
Ga M |
papers of General Robert Monckton recording military events in north America, 1755-63, including naval activity in the Bay of Fundy, 1758; proposed expedition against Martinique, 1761
|
1755 - 1763 |
navy |
Ne C 2,041-198 |
misc. papers relating to HM Customs in Scotland, in particular Aberdeen and Inverness, 1751-2
|
1751 - 1752 |
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Ne C 1,957-60 & 2,041-62 |
includes papers relating to the Tobacco Trade, 1747-8, n.d., 1751-2
|
1747 - 1752 |
cargo commerce |
Mo 1/82 |
letter of Piscilla Digby to Mrs Molyneux, 12 September 1745, with reference to the arrival of two prize ships at Bristol
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1745 |
correspondence |
Ne C 2,226-9 |
paper relating to the governership of New York held by the Hon. George Clinton, notably orders and instructions relating to Trade and Navigation, 1741
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1741 |
Americas commerce |
Mo 1/71 |
letter from unknown writer to William Challand, includes a description of the spa house, wells and wharf at Scarborough, 24 January 1737
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1737 |
correspondence |
Ne C74-8 |
correspondence relating to Spain and the West Indies, including reference to H.M. Squadron in the West Indies, 1732
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1732 |
Europe Caribbean navy |
Ga, 12836-41 |
papers of Robert Monckton, Commissioner, Commission for Trade and Plantations, 1707-14, including minutes and report of the French fishing rights at Newfoundland, 4 April 1712, report on British fisheries, including Newfoundland and Greenland, early eighteenth century; report on the herring fishery of north Scotland and on the salting of fish, 1714
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1707 - 1714 |
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Ga, 12832-3 |
letter from Colonel Richard Abbot, with an account of the taking of the island of Nevis, 3 June 1706, and conditions given to English officers by French commander, 1706
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1706 |
correspondence Americas |
Mi Da, 84 |
includes, printed list of ships in Royal Navy, 1702
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1702 |
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Pw2/565 |
copy petition of the `proprietors of very considerable plantations' on Barbados, n.d. (?early eighteenth century)
|
1700 - 1750 |
Caribbean Colonies |
Me X 5/3-4 |
verses, directions to a painter at Harrogate Spa & South Sea Ballad, early eighteenth century
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1700 - 1750 |
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Pw A/ |
letters to 1rst earl of Portsmouth, including 1082-4, three from Admiral Sir George Rooke, 1695-7; 1086-96, from Admiral Edward Russell, 1692-5, including naval orders and investigation into Russell's naval activities; 1407-26, from Sir John Trenchard, 1693-4, including list of English and Dutch ships, 1694, project regarding the destruction of Dunkirk harbour, 1694; 1667, naval order from William III, n.d.; correspondence with the Dutch state, includes, 1872, list of ships and men, 1692, 1878-9, plan and drawing of Le Havre, n.d., 1880, drawing of ships, n.d.; 2188-262, papers regarding the fleet of the Prince of Orange, 1688; 2523-4, instructions to Sir Cloudisley Shovell, Commander-in-Chief, of the Mediterranean fleet, 13 October 1696; 2597-600, papers relating to the navy, 1689-97
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1688 - 1880 |
correspondence King illustrations |
Me X 1/1 |
`Reasons for the determination of the present East India Company and for the constituting of a new one with a larger joint stock', 1684
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1684 |
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Ga, 12756 |
letter to Sir Philip Monckton regarding the deaths of the crew of the London, 29 December 1670
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1670 |
correspondence ships |
Ga, 12831 |
five letters from Sir George Savile to Sir Philip Monckton, 1667, including references to the burning of the English ships by the Dutch at Chatham
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1667 |
correspondence wrecks |
Me 2 C.2 |
letters from Thomas Goddard at Madrid to Edward Mellish, including reference to a law suit about the William and Eliza, 16 November 1665, 15 January 1666/7
|
1665 - 1667 |
correspondence Europe ships dispute |
Me E 82/1-24 |
bundle of papers concerning Tobias Harvey of Barbados and his estate, 1657-86
|
1657 - 1686 |
Colonies |
Mi LP |
A voyage into the Levant: a brief relation of a journey lately performed by Mr Henry Blunt..., printed, 1650
|
1650 |
travel |
Mi c, 33/1 |
`The true demonstration of the Spanish Armada', being a list of troops, ships and supplies, 1639 printed
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1639 |
navy |
Mi X, 1 papers |
Some of these papers were edited by Gillian Cell in Newfoundland Discovered: English Attempts at Colonisation, 1610-30 (Hakluyt Society, Series II, volume 160, 1982) and others by David Quinn in New American World, volume IV, 157-78 connected with a trading venture to Newfoundland, 1610-31, including 1/1, notebook, 1610-13, n.d.; 1/2-62, correspondence between Thomas Willoughby and John Browne, Mrs Browne, Elizabeth Cowper, Henry Crout, Edward Garton, John Guy, Nicholas Guy, John Harrington, William Hatton, Bartholomew Pearson, Robert Rossell, Thomas Rowley, Humphrey Slany, John Slany, lady Bridget Willoughby and Sir Percival Willoughby, with estimates for fitting out a fishing ships, inventories of stores, etc.; 1/63-5, grants to Sir Percival Willoughby and others of land in Newfoundland, 1617-18; 1/66, journal of a voyage to Newfoundland, 1612-13
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1610 - 1631 |
commerce trade |
Ga, 12720 |
`A relation of a sea fight with the Dutch by the General and the Hinest Prince Rupert', seventeenth century
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1600 - 1699 |
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Mi Da, 57 |
papers concerning the Munster plantation, c.1580-c.1590 and 57/1, papers concerning Sir Percival and Sir Francis Willoughby's lands in the Ulster plantation, county Tyrone, involving Sir Thomas Ridgeway and others, 1600-c.1630
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1580 - 1630 |
Colonies |
Pw |
the Portland Collection comprising the Cavendish and Holles manuscripts
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Pw C/310 |
letter to 3rd Duke of Portland from Jean Jacques Grand regarding Fleet under command of Admiral Matthews, 10 March n.y.
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correspondence navy |