Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

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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 to 1785 Birmingham City Archives navy privateering European
Baker 2/13

certificate from J. Baker, vice-admiral, that Strijnsham Master, son of James Master, deceased, was alive 27 March 1712

1712 to 1712 Birmingham City Archives navy
Baker 2/15

five papers concerning Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker including references to his career in Barbadoes and Guadaloupe, 1814-40

1814 to 1840 Birmingham City Archives navy Americas
Baker 2/20

receipt from Francis Furbshir to William Coles of £13 for part of the Seaventure, 18 August 1683

1683 to 1683 Birmingham City Archives ships shipping payments
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 to 1757 Birmingham City Archives 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 to 1758 Birmingham City Archives ships shipping
Galton 556

assignment of shares in the Snow Farmer and the Kingston Gally, 1763, with the parties being Joseph Farmer and Samuel Galton

1763 to 1763 Birmingham City Archives ships ownership
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 to 1786 Birmingham City Archives ships correspondence
MS 1671

letters from John W. Armstrong of USA to Thomas Ross, Birmingham, including references to use of steamships in America, 1843-59

1843 to 1859 Birmingham City Archives America 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 to 1956 Birmingham City Archives 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 to 1987 Birmingham City Archives shipping ships Companies
Homer 53/19

deed regarding cargo of herring at Leghorn, Italy and Ghent, Belgium, in the Concord, 1672

1672 to 1673 Birmingham City Archives trade commerce Europe ships fish
MS 128/6

bill of lading of the Adventure, 1683

1683 to 1683 Birmingham City Archives ships trade
MS 39/115

account book of John Darbyshire, Daniel Ruston and other owners of the Darbyshire, 1765-75

1765 to 1775 Birmingham City Archives trade ships ownership
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 to 1800 Birmingham City Archives ships costs trade
Crowder 125

papers regarding wine trade with Lisbon, nineteenth - twentieth centuries

1800 to 1999 Birmingham City Archives commerce alcohol Europe Portugal
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 to 1789 Birmingham City Archives mariners deaths captains
386806 [HR 21]

journal of a voyage to Lisbon by William Withering, 1793-4

1793 to 1794 Birmingham City Archives Europe Portugal travel
174641 [HR 53]

journal by Thomas Clark Jun. of a tour, with Rowland Hill and William Matthews, through North Wales to Liverpool, 1817

1817 to 1817 Birmingham City Archives travel diary
MS 1799

reminiscences of George Sydney Ford, including details of journey by The Margaret Evans to New York, c.1850

1850 to 1850 Birmingham City Archives travel ships America