Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

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M/X/38/18-20

letters of William Jones to Thomas Drew including references to embarking for Barbadoes, return voyage to England & storm off Newfoundland, 1835-6

1835 to 1836 Powys County Archives Office correspondence Caribbean Colonies travel weather
BD/RW/60-1

notebooks by Howell Price Williams on trip to Australia, & to France, Italy & Sicily, late nineteenth century

1850 to 1899 Powys County Archives Office travel Europe
M/X/24/66

description by an unknown woman of travels in Canada & USA, 1915, including account of return voyage & dangers of submarines, reference to the Arabic

1915 to 1915 Powys County Archives Office Americas
B/D/BM/A107/5/d

documents regarding the Stanley family including orders to Mr William Vaughan from the Navy Office regarding the Baltimore Sloop, 25 June 1743, commission to Lieut. Vaughan of the York to be master of the Whitehaven, 13 July 1745; letter to Commissioner Vanbrugh at Plymouth to allow Captain Vaughan of the Soleby Italian prisoners, 25 February 1746; letter from the Navy Office to Commissioner Vanbrugh at Plymouth regarding manning of Captain Vaughan's vessel, 12 September 1746

1743 to 1746 Powys County Archives Office ships correspondence
R/X/11/229

correspondence, notes & draft article on Rear Admiral Peter Puget (1765-1822), with photographs of Red/Brick House, Presteigne & Grosvenor Place, Bath, n.d.

1765 to 1822 Powys County Archives Office navy illustrations
BD/RW/30

transcript of letter from Capt. H. Bourchier, HM Sloop Hawke, to Admiral Sir Roger Curtis regarding action off St Marcon & commending Lieut. David Price, 19 August 1811

1811 to 1811 Powys County Archives Office correspondence navy ships operations battles
R/D/LEW/5/1-4

three letters from RNLI, Poole, Dorset, to Major General R.S. Lewis & inventory of papers of R.W. Lloyd, March - April, 1977

1977 to 1977 Powys County Archives Office correspondence lifeboats
B/D/BM/A29/3/2/20

letter referring to voting of ships' carpenters at Cardiff Docks, 1754

1754 to 1754 Powys County Archives Office correspondence construction shipbuilding
MDX/40/105

abstract of Thomas Price's will & case relative to Jamaician estate in St Anns, which records slaves, 10 November 1745

1745 to 1745 Powys County Archives Office ownership Caribbean Colonies slavery
M/D/BOM/5/18

letter to Thomas Withy, Upton Iron Works near Shrewsbury from unknown person in Africa, 26 June 1828, with references to local commerce & political situation, African Company, customs

1828 to 1828 Powys County Archives Office correspondence trade
BD/RW/49

letters from Walter R. Williams in Dominica to his brother John including references to slave uprising, 27 January & 10 June 1844

1844 to 1844 Powys County Archives Office correspondence Caribbean Colonies slavery
2089/9/3/10

letter from J. Stanley to Thomas Stanley with news of arrival at Spithead and of the Deptford, Dolphin, Harwich, voyage from St Helena, death of two boys, 25 August 1746

1746 to 1746 Shropshire Archives correspondence ships travel Americas
2089/9/3/11-12

letter from Robert Watkins at Plymouth Sound to William Lutwyche, Wenlock, Shropshire, with news of the Yarmouth, Eastern Squadron, 31 August 1746

1746 to 1746 Shropshire Archives correspondence ships navy
2089/9/3/13

letter from J. Stanley, HMS Lowestoft, St Kitts to Thomas Stanley, Buildwas Abbey, with references to loss of the Ottley, his being made surgeon on the Lowestoft, taking French and Spanish prizes, 10 January 1747

1747 to 1747 Shropshire Archives correspondence navy ships Caribbean Colonies wrecks medical doctor
112

correspondence of Joseph Brame, British Consul at Genoa, 1794-7, including letters from Horatio Nelson, 1796 and description of the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797

1794 to 1797 Shropshire Archives navy Europe operations war
631/3/1939-54

letters from Commander Hugh Dunlop to L.R. Price, HMS Challenger, regarding naval policy and Mexican affairs, 1856-62

1856 to 1862 Shropshire Archives correspondence navy ships Americas
1655/11

letter with reference to proposal for Admiralty Transport Board, 1861

1861 to 1861 Shropshire Archives correspondence navy
4595/190-6

papers relating to John Edwards of Great Ness, mainly certificates of examinations and appointments to the navy, 1863-72

1863 to 1872 Shropshire Archives recruitment
5756

diaries of Captain G.D. Owen, onboard HMS Achilles, 1914, and HMS Royal Sovereign, 1920

1914 to 1920 Shropshire Archives journals navy ships
1949/1-5

correspondence of Lord Powis regarding presentation plate to HMS Shropshire, 1929

1929 to 1929 Shropshire Archives navy ships