Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

Documents

Reference Detail Dates Archive Keywords
Legge V366

short report on the Virgin Islands, eighteenth century;

 

1700 to 1799 Staffordshire Record Office Caribbean
Legge V368

letter enclosing proposals for the encouragement of the Southern Whale Fishery, 1776;

1776 to 1776 Staffordshire Record Office correspondence fishing
Legge V369a

minute of meeting at Admiralty regarding press warrants, 1776;

1776 to 1776 Staffordshire Record Office navy recruitment pressganging impressment
Legge V873-4 and 884-5

correspondence regarding European travel, 1774-82;

1774 to 1782 Staffordshire Record Office None
Legge V937-51

papers concerning A.K. Legge on the Prince George and other vessels, 1783-5;

1783 to 1785 Staffordshire Record Office ships
Legge V952

, letter of John Crowther to Lord Dartmouth on voyage and wreck of the Guardian and journey in boats, 1789;

1789 to 1789 Staffordshire Record Office correspondence travel ships
Legge V987

letters of A.K. Legge onboard the Repulse to his brother Henry regarding naval events, 1805-9;

 

1805 to 1809 Staffordshire Record Office correspondence ships navy
Legge V1045-6

logbooks of HMS Ister, 30 September 1815 - 5 February 1818, kept by Charles Legge; HMS Conway to the South Seas, 19 July 1820 - 2 September 1821, probably of Charles Legge;

1815 to 1821 Staffordshire Record Office navy ships
Legge V1049

letters of Charles Legge to his mother regarding naval life, 1819-20, including reference to wreck of the Ister;

 

1819 to 1820 Staffordshire Record Office correspondence navy ships
Legge V1050

papers concerning the death of Charles Legge, 1821-5;

1821 to 1825 Staffordshire Record Office None
Legge V1053

letter describing visit to Lima and Galapagos Islands, 1825;

1825 to 1825 None correspondence Peru Americas travel
Legge V1110

journal of a tour through north England to Scotland, including ferry across the Forth, 1787

1787 to 1787 Staffordshire Record Office travel
Legge V1108

journal of a tour through Holland via Essex, 1751;

1751 to 1751 Staffordshire Record Office travel Europe
D742

comprising /K/1, duplicate account of Sir John Wolstenholme, Henry Garway, Abraham Jacob and Morris Abbott, farmers of the customs, December 1623; /M, papers relating to ordnance including accounts relating to Portsmouth fortifications, and list of numbers of guns belonging to the Charles and of Southsea Castle `privileges', 1680/1; /N, naval papers, c.1660-88, mainly relating to prize ships, ship-building, equipment and maintenance, 1675-83; /0, c.400 papers regarding ordnance supplies for Tangier garrison and evacuation by fleet under Lord Dartmouth, 1664-84, including accounts, reports, surveys, corespondence, petitions, 28 ships' musters; /P, reports, victualling orders, etc regarding preparation for Dutch invasion, 1688; /X, c.100 papers relating to the East India Company, 1800-1801

1623 to 1801 Staffordshire Record Office defence coastal weapons armoury navy construction
D564

estate papers, including 12, early correspondence, 1750-1835, notably 1/7, notes of a report on American affairs including mention of naval action on James River, c.1779, 1/10, letter from Robert Tomlinson with offer to teach navigation, 1780, 1/11, letter from George Marsh concerning insecticide invented by Mr Phillips for use onboard ship, 1780, 1/14, illegal trade in the Bahamas, 1780, copy letters regarding compensation claim by Dr Cales and loss of loyalist ship, 1788, 14/27, letter regarding Sussex shipwreck, c.1790

1750 to 1835 Staffordshire Record Office navy Caribbean
The Sutherland papers

comprising the papers of the Leveson-Gower families, dukes of Sutherland (D593), including E/2/3, papers, comprising interrogatories, depositions, copy petition, counsel's opinions, inventories, relating to an action in the High Court of Admiralty brought by Peter Paillie, agent for certain Dutch fishermen, against Sir William Leveson regarding seizure of fishing boats by the Golden Lion and Hare, 1586-99;

1586 to 1589 Staffordshire Record Office navy
Sutherland E/3/6/3,5

legal papers regarding dispute between Sir John Leveson and the Earl of Dorset regarding the St Valentine of Lisbon, treasure ship, 1603-25;

1603 to 1625 Staffordshire Record Office ships Portugal
Sutherland E/7/22

legal papers regarding case in the High Court of Admiralty relating to the collision between the Undine, yacht, and Auspicious, ship, 1857;

1857 to 1857 Staffordshire Record Office navy
Sutherland K/1

correspondence of chief-agents including 3/9, references to steam yachts in north-east Scotland, 1821,

1821 to 1821 Staffordshire Record Office None
Sutherland 3/22

Moray Firth steam ship service and Cromarty Piers and Harbours Bills, 1834, 3/28, emigration from Sutherland, 1840,

1834 to 1840 Staffordshire Record Office legislation