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Found 8 collections related to Great Britain -- Royal navy -- Officers -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Saumarez, James, 1757-1836
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 item
James Saumarez, first Baron de Saumarez, British naval officer. · To Messrs. Routh and Mesurier : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Sep 1819 : (MISC 0641) : asking his agents to obtain his commission as admiral, and to send him funds.
Burlton, George
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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George Burlton, captain in the Royal Navy of the warship Boyne. See The Royal Kalendar, 1813, p. 163, year 1795. On p. 152, under "King's Ships in Comission," The Boyne is listed under Rr - Adm. Sir H. B. Neale, bt., and Capt. C. Jones. To John...
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Elphinstone, George Keith, 1746-1823
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
4 items
To Sir Alured Clarke, army officer and colonial governor : 1 autograph letter : 16 Oct 1799 : (MISC 0291) : including, "I am [in London] for a few days only, after having followed the combined fleets six weeks, and missing them by three days.".
Creuze, Augustin F. B. (Augustin Francis Bullock), 1800-1852
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Augustin F. B. Creuze, naval engineer. His Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture was published in 1840. To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Sep 1841 : (P'ANA 0043a) : enclosing papers...
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Coles, Cowper Phipps, 1819-1870
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Cowper Phipps Coles, British naval officer and inventor of a gun turret. To a Mr. Needham : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 May 1866 : (MISC 0634) : "Private" ; begins, "I see Army and Navy give a paragraph on my being put in communication with a...
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Radstock, William Waldegrave, Baron, 1753-1825
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
76 items
To Elizabeth Craven, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth : 1 autograph letter : 4 Mar 1809 : (MISC 2754) : regarding a misunderstanding involving a "Made. de PM.".
Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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William Bligh, naval officer and colonial governor. While in command of the transport ship Bounty in the South Pacific, Bligh's crew mutinied, the story of which later served as inspiration for many novels and films. Bligh briefly served as...
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Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of, 1775-1860
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
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Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British naval officer. To Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Nov [w/m = 1831] : (P'ANA 0050) : begins, "I took my chance of finding you ...".