Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

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Code: D(W)1778 (earls of Dartmouth),
Entry Text:

some of which has been listed by the HMC. See 11th report, appendix v; 14th report, appendix x; 15th report, appendix I, 13th report, appendix iv. The collection, originally held by the William Salt Library, is divided into three parts: some has been retained at Stafford, in c.1922 those documents relating to Canada were sent to Ottawa (mostly D(W)1778/II with some from D(W)1778/I, III) and some papers, mainly 17th century naval, were sent to the National Maritime Museum.  The collection includes many official papers, early seventeenth century to nineteenth century, concerned with positions held by the Legge family. 

Date Range: 1600 to 1899
Keywords: collections
Location: Staffordshire Record Office