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Memoranda to British Ship Captains from the Admiralty

 Collection
Identifier: MS 204
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This is a 38-page handwritten logbook containing dozens of general memos signed by proxy for various British Navy and Marine officers during the time period 1807-1809. Most of the entries were made on board a specific ship at a specific location. Some of the ships included in the writer's itinerary are the Zealand, the Agincourt, the Amethyst, the Clyde, the Iris, the Albicore and the Daphne.

Dates

  • 1807-1809

Creator

Access Restriction

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Memoranda to British Ship Captains from the Admiralty must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Historical Sketch

This logbook was written during the Napoleonic Wars, 1799-1815, when Britain was at war with France. Britain was engaged in both land and naval warfare against France throughout this time period all over Europe. At the end of 1807, Napoleon took control of the Iberian Peninsula, sparking the Peninsular War, and Britain responded in the summer of 1808 to force the French army out of Portugal and eventually Spain by 1814.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet ( (1 bound volume))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

This is a 38-page handwritten logbook containing dozens of general memos signed by proxy for various British Navy and Marine officers during the time period 1807-1809.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Edwards (dealer) in November 1962.

General note

Portions of this collection are available online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/21929.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Memoranda to British Ship Captains from the Admiralty, 1807-1809
Status
Completed
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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