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saying he is most anxious "to have five minutes' conversation with you... at your office", 1 side 8vo., Admiralty, 21st December Walker served in the Turkish Navy, 1838-1845, where he was known as 'Yavir Pasha', and distinguished himself at the capture from Mehemet Ali of St. Jean d'Acre. In the Royal Navy he was C-in-C the Cape, 1861-1864, and at Sheerness.

thanking him and promising "to give the subject my best consideration", 1 side 8vo., United Service Club, Pall Mall, 4th July neat collector's note typed at head

thanking him on behalf of the "New Hospital Committee of East Grinstead... for your valuable assistance at the Café de Paris Gala last Tuesday. I think the fund will benefit by quite £230 & you kept the people well amused besides adding materially to our takings & bringing the completion of our Hospital nearer...", 2 sides 8vo., Broadstone, Forest Row headed paper, 6th December It is possible that the correspondent is actually Nelson Keys (1886-1939) who was a stage and Film Actor and a star in Musical Comedy who would have been an excellent compere for a charity event.

hoping he will "arrange everything at Constantinople, but, if not - I beg of you to come into the Gulf of Smirna..." where he will "have Ships or Brigs... this will make a line of communication for your Excellency to the Squadrons at Smirna... the frigate Dryad will then be placed at your disposal, but I am very anxious to see you... before you pass Smirna...", 2 sides 4to., no place, no date, c.

asking them to transcribe the wills of J.E. Liebenrood, (d. 1812), of Prospect Hill, Reading, and the most recent will of his widow Lucy (d. 1829 in Middlesex), Hancock's sister, 1 side 8vo., 3 St. Albans Place, Charles Street, Waterloo Place, 9th April In another hand are the references to the Volumes and the charges for transcribing them. For a long account of Hancock's very varied and exciting service, and his going to sea again after a firm decision to abandon the Navy, see Marshall, Supplement Part I (1827), pp. 4-31. At Copenhagen, 1801, he was in charge of a flotilla of 150 small boats, carrying 2000 men for storming the Trekroner battery. Unable to reach it, they instead took possession of the captured enemy ships. Hancock disobeyed orders to burn the Holsten, recently abandoned by the Danish C-in-C, as he realised she was in excellent condition, and she saw good service as the Nassau (64).

saying "Just tear up if you cant come", together with 2 tickets for her and her husband for Trooping the Colour on the 31st, with original envelope, Admiralty, 30th May mark of paper clip

saying that Wellington College is "a very good place to put a young lad", though "Alfred my boy is a very reserved & shy young fellow & did not much like it", and is now at a private tutor's, he mentions the Church accounts and asks his correspondent to follow up a reference for a Mr. Boyd seeking a living "and what his Church tenets are", 4 sides 8vo., Ingestre, 18th December traces of transparent strip in blank margin of fourth side The Earl was at Navarino in 1827, commanding the 'Philomel', and was later Naval ADC to Queen Victoria.

about a bill of April 1798 supposed to have been outstanding with his tailors in Chatham, the late Messrs Acworth & Matthews, and now called in by Acworth's executors, for "some common necessaries" and £5 5s in cash, he cannot think the account correct, "I sailed from Chatham in the spring of 1797, when I remember paying all my Bills & Mr Acworth's was one... I arrived in the Downs but never returned to the Medway from 1797 to this day. I sailed for Newfoundland", he explains the unlikelihood of the items "when I had left Chatham above twelve months... If I thought I owed... twelve, or twenty pounds, time nor place should not prevent my paying them", 3 sides 4to., autograph address on 4th side, Chichester, 22nd December

telling him that he has "been a bit anxious that the Labour Party may confound our schemes... I think we could begin recruiting when the Caroline arrives... I shall be over [to Ireland] shortly", 2 sides 8vo., Wynyard Park, Stockton on Tees, 28th December The 3rd Marquis was Vice-Admiral of Ulster and Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1921. In 1923 he was made commanding officer of the Ulster Division of the R.N.V.R..

saying he is "delighted to hear of you again, and have signed the programme with pleasure...", together with the Programme referred to boldly signed in the corner, each 1 side 8vo., the letter 52 South Audley Street headed paper, 19th April Scott was a pioneer in modern naval gunnery. During his career he proved to be an engineer and problem solver of some considerable foresight, ingenuity and tenacity. He did not, however, endear himself to the Navy establishment for his regular outspoken criticism of the Navy's conservatism and resistance to change and this undoubtedly slowed the acceptance of his most important ideas, notably the introduction of directed firing. In spite of this, his vision proved correct most of the time and he rose to the rank of admiral and amongst other honours was made baronet, a hereditary title.

saying "I can see nothing wrong, please explain it to me", 1 side 8vo., 50 Hans Place, 27th November light traces of laying down on blank fourth side Scott was a pioneer in modern naval gunnery. During his career he proved to be an engineer and problem solver of some considerable foresight, ingenuity and tenacity. He did not, however, endear himself to the Navy establishment for his regular outspoken criticism of the Navy's conservatism and resistance to change and this undoubtedly slowed the acceptance of his most important ideas, notably the introduction of directed firing. In spite of this, his vision proved correct most of the time and he rose to the rank of admiral and amongst other honours was made baronet, a hereditary title.

from Vanity Fair, 1st October margins trimmed including date, light traces of laying down

saying that "John S. Leese for Campbell & Co hath Entered Out this day in H.M.S. Polyphemus for Madeira, Six Cases containing Seventeen thousand three hundred and twenty ounces foreign Silver Coin not molten or coined in this Kingdom per Oath Free Custom dated 25 June 1808", signed by M Williams and H Maud, with Leese's signed summary on the verso and a note of the marks on the cases (GG 1-6), vellum, 2 sides approximately 4" x 7½", Portsmouth, 25th June lacks seal and tab, small skin defect in blank portion H.M.S. Polyphemus, 64 guns, under Captain William Pryce Cumby, 1771-1827, headed a squadron of troops and merchantmen to the West Indies, stopping at Madeira near the end of July. There he delayed a few days so that Madeira merchants could join the convoy. No doubt the silver would facilitate trade, and at 5 shillings an ounce would be worth nearly £4,500.

to "The Clerk of the Checqs Storekeeper, and Clerks of the Survey, Ropeyard and Master Ropemaker" at Portsmouth, directing them "to take a regular and exact Survey of all the hemp now remaining in the Stores", for transmission to the Navy Board, 1 side 8vo., 14th March 1699 / Greenhill completed the building of Plymouth Dockyard.

for... H.M. Ship La Mahonesa", for 10 hundredweight of junk (old rope), and 130 fathoms of rope, signed also by Captain John Giffard, and Michael Sullivan [Boatswain], 1 side 6" x 7½", endorsements on verso, River Tagus, 17th April left margin trimmed with loss of a few letters (easily supplied) Coffin, born in Boston, Mass., of a famous sea-faring family, was disabled by accident when rescuing a drowning seaman in 1790, but became Commissioner in Corsica, Minorca, Halifax, N.S., and Sheerness. He was a close friend of Nelson (see his letters to Nelson in the British Library). The amount of Junk has been reduced, there is a contemporary pencil note "10 cwt of Junk will do". "Brooms 24" has also been crossed out.

directing them "to dispense with the want of a Survey on the Boatswain's Stores of the Regulus when he was sent to Sick Quarters in May 1800, in order to pass the Accounts of Captain Pressland", they have taken into account the Navy Board's letter of 1803 to Sir Evan Nepean raising a possible objection, 2 sides folio, Admiralty Office, 11th May traces on verso of old transparent tape, touching ends of four lines of text without loss

showing him half length in uniform with facsimile signature below, 4½" x 3½" in margins 6" x 4½", no place, no date, c. a trifle browned in blank margins, a few letters scuffed in words 'Engraved by'

sending him his "subscription to become a member of the Proposed London Municipal Society. Its objects as published appear to me to be most desirable & most interesting, and eminently suited for Modern Requirements. I see the names of some very staunch old Tories mentioned as members of the Society... the reforms advocated appear to me to be hardly those that heretofore would commend themselves to the staunch old Tories..." and asking questions about some of the clauses "Does this mean escalation of ground rents... What difference is there between this proposal and the proposal of the Radicals on Equalisation of Rates... ", 5 sides 8vo., Royal Dockyard headed paper, Chatham, 10th July

requesting a "tally of Assignement may be struck..." for the Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1657, Thomas Turvey "for the said Sheriffe upon his Accompt for the same yeare for the said summe of six pounds - witnes my hand this xviii the day of December 1661", 1 side 4to., no place, 19th December

telling him that "The Chaplain late of the Tigre who was with me in the Levant (the Reverend David Lloyd) having applied to me to use my good offices towards his obtaining the living of Binfield near Windsor which has been asked of the Chancellor for him. I consider I cannot serve him better than by begging the favour of your Royal Highness to let the King know that Mr Lloyd is a man of exemplary conduct & morals, assiduous & correct in the exercise of his professional duties with a regular classical education; he took his degrees at Oxford and has had an opportunity which rarely can occur of comparing the evidences of the Christian religion contained in Holy Writ with those of tradition and local circumstances in the Holy land during the military operations in Syria & Egypt. I am persuaded more need not be said to induce his Majesty to think favourably of Mr Lloyd, I have thought it incumbent on me to say this much in his favour from my knowledge of his merits & fitness for the… Read More