Pencil sketch of the view from 38 Tower, near Hastings, Sussex,
- 232.
- Ffeil
- [c. 1830].
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Pencil sketch of the view from 38 Tower, near Hastings, Sussex,
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Copy of letters to and from Lt J. Prattent and Mr Carruthers, regarding a statement of the Fairlight rescue to be laid before the Committee of the Shipwreck Mariners Institute.
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Letter from Rev. Henry Wynch, rector of Pett, Sussex, to S. Curling, French Consular Agent, Deal, detailing the rescue. He refers to HJ as being stationed in the 38 Tower and Lieutenant Prattent at the Fairlight Watch House. Two copies.
Letter from Edward Chatterton, Acting French Consul in Rye to HJ, concerning the Fairlight rescue,
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Letter, from Baron Sequier regarding forwarding the Gold Medals which the Minister of Marine intends asking of the French King, but says the Legion of Honour cannot be awarded under present circumstances.
Appointment, of HJ as Lt and Cdr of HM Cutter Surly. (Seal as no. 97),
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Circular, from the Victualing Office to the Surly at Sheerness,
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List of ships, on which HJ served,
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Fireplace tiles, including (top right) HMS Viper, beneath which the Tartarus and masonic symbolism; in base, an uncertain coat-of-arms (but incorporating the James' arms sinister), and two of the Penralley tiles. (Photographs by Mr Bernard Morris, courtesy of Mrs M. Lloyd, Penralley). (See also no. 434).
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Peace Establishment issued by the Admiralty Office. Lists a schooner as having forty-three crew members and being the least of naval categories.
Letter, from Admiral Dean to HJ, concerning two brass six pounder guns to be supplied to the Viper,
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Letter, from Admiral Dean to HJ, regarding a medical inspection to be held on Thursday 28 July at the Royal Navy Hospital, Stonehouse.
Letter, from the Navy Office agreeing to HJ's recommendations for alterations to the Viper,
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Envelope containing an invitation to Horatio James from King Leopold to dinner at his palace in Brussels, 12 Dec. 1831; and (302b) an invitation to a Masonic dinner in Hackney, 1 Aug. 1810.
Admiralty orders, for the Viper to proceed from Ostend to Spithead,
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Letter, from Admiralty Office to HJ, ordering him to put himself under the command of Vice Admiral Sir J. P. Beresford.
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Memo, from Parker, on the Asia off Cape Roca. Viper to observe strict neutrality between the forces of Don Pedro and Don Miguel. He refers to Captain Sartorius as serving under Don Pedro as a Rear Admiral and to the probability of other British seamen serving in the belligerent squadrons.
Letter from Halliday, Admiral's Office. Viper to bring out fresh beef and vegetables from Lisbon,
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Draft reply, by HJ written on a message from the Admiralty, enquiring as to whether Samuel Taylor, the master of the fishing smack Fan, piloted the Viper into Harwich Harbour on 5 March 1832. HJ replies that the Viper had anchored in the 'rolling ground' off Harwich, in four fathoms and that Taylor did, at risk to himself, come on board to assist, but was superseded when a Trinity pilot arrived.
Letter book of HM Schooner Viper,
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