Box 2

Content Description

Printed books and pamphlets, 1772-1998; Copies of Correspondence, 1798-1822; Copies of Orders, 1784-1804 Naval Cadet's Journal, 1846-1847; Track charts, 1808-1810; Various charts of North American and Europe, 1693-1778; The Dublin Chronicle, 1790-1791; Signal books and Sailing Instructions, 1791-1798; Naval Appointments, 1799-1844; Instructions for conduct of ships of war, 1795-1798; Instructions for Courts Martial, 1743-1798.

Scope and Contents

Incomplete run: numbers present: 615–617, 621–623, 626–629, 631–634, with additional issues after number 634 for the dates 21, 24, 31 May and 2 June 1791 all having the upper right hand corner, where the issue numbers are located, torn off.

Scope and Contents

Presented to Captain James Hawkins by Jn Law, HMS Robust, [3rd Rate, 74 guns], contains 63 numbered pages with descriptions of the following:

• Madeira Islands, pg 1
• Canary Islands, pg 2
• Cape De Verde Islands, pg 3
• Bearing and Distances of the West Indian Islands, pg 6
• The Caribbee Islands, pg 8
• St. Vincente, pg 12
• Granada, pg 14
• St. Lucia, pg 16
• Tobago, pg 18
• Dominico, pg 21
• Mariagallante, pg 23
• Antigua, pg 25
• Montserrat, pg 28
• Nevis, pg 29
• St. Christophers, pg 29
• Anguilla, pg 31
• Virgin Gorda, pg 32
• Remarks for the Round Rocks Passage, pg 33
• Remarks about Jamaica, pg 37
• Shoals and Keys at Port Royal, pg 38
• Gulf of Florida and Windward Passage, pg 41
• Coast of North America, pg 42 [including Halifax, pp. 42–45; Bay of Fundy, pp. 45; New York, pg 46; Cape Cod, pg 47; course and distance of the Coast of Nova Scotia and New England, pg. 47–48; Nantucket Shoals, pg 49; Rhode Island, pg 49; Long Island Sound, pg 50; New York, pg 52–53; Chesapeake Capes, pg 56–57; Carolina Coast, pg 58, Charleston, pg 58; Tybee Island, pg 60]
• Remarks on the Bay of Fundy, pg 60–61
• Bahama Islands, pg 62–63

Scope and Contents

Bound and printed copy of 83 pages with no illustrated flags or other manuscript additions.

Scope and Contents

Bound and printed copy of 48 numbered pages with no manuscript annotations or illustrations.

Scope and Contents

Transcripts of documents dated between 1743 and 1798, as follows:

• General Instructions, pgs 1–3
• Opinion of the Judges respecting Captain Coffin, pg 4
• Dr. Paul’s opinion respecting an equal number of votes, pg 5
• Dr. Harris’s opinion when a member cannot attend from illness, pgs 6–7
• Order for trying a man by Courts Martial, pg 8
• Appointment of Judge Advocate and Provost Martial, pg 9
• Notice to prisoners and witnesses, pg 10
• Minutes, pg 11
• Sentence, pg 12
• Order for Punishment, pg 13
• Order for Surgeon to attend, pg 14
• Order for Provost Martial to release the Prisoner, pg 14
• Sentence for prevarication, pg 15
• Sentence for different punishments, pg 16
• Order for the Provost Martial to hang a man, pgs 17–18
• Sentence for Mutiny, pg 18
• Order and Sentence, pg 19
• Order and Pardon, pgs 20–21
• Orders of the Earl of St. Vincent, 1798, pgs 21–23
• Council of War, pg 24

Scope and Contents

Bound and printed copy of 63 numbered pages with no manuscript annotations or illustrations.

Scope and Contents This canvas-bound volume contains copies of letters writted and received by James Hawkins Whitshed while commanding HMS Formidable.Letters sent: Copies of letters requesting personnel to fill open billets under his command, 1798 Apr Copy of a letter giving the status of ships under his command, 1798 Apr 30 Copy of letter requesting that Donald Gotten be given the title of Masters Mate, or at least the title of Midshipmen, 1798 Apr 30 Copies of letters containing triplicates of allotments for those who are entitled them, and naming the seaman and marines who should no longer receive allotments, 1798 May–Jun Copy of a letter stating the inquiry into a letter supposed to have been written by Lieutenant [Philip] Beaver, 1798 Jun 22 Copy of letter to widen the channels of the ship, and to secure the barricading of the ship. No less than 230 hammocks are in a dangerous position on the vessel, 1798 Jun 7 Copies of letters requesting a 20 ton iron ballast for his vessel. Referring to the experience of the last cruise, he feels is a necessary improvement, 1798 Aug Copy of letter removing Thomas Tool from his position of Corporal, 1798 Aug 21 Copy of a letter notifying Admiral Bridport that HMS Ethalion had arrived in the Hamoaze and that HMS Triton had sailed the previous evening, 1798 Nov 24 Copy of letter explaining why he was late requesting the necessary supplies for his vessel,...