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Papers of Sir William Henry May, comprising logs, 1864 to 1873 and, for the Nares Expedition, there is a detailed weather log, a personal journal, a sledging journal and some bills of plays performed in the ALERT during the Arctic winter. There are also reports on torpedoes, 1884; the international situation, 1908 to 1909 and 1914; naval manoeuvres, 1912 to 1913; the Dardanelles Commission, 1916 to 1917 and on Reconstruction and other post-war problems, 1919.

Papers of John Macgregor, consisting of a letter from MacGregor's father, one in verse from Hannah More (1745-1833) and a letterbook concerning the loss of the KENT. Some later items, 1869 to 1883, relate to canoeing. There is also a copy of a letter from MacGregor's father-in-law, Admiral Sir James Crawford Caffin (1812-1883), written to his parents in 1827 after the battle of Navarino.

Papers of George Mckinley, comprising official papers for the Dutch expedition of 1799 and for the period of the Peninsular War; minutes and other documents relating to the Royal Naval Asylum, 1821 to 1830; a log of the GANGES, 1803; a draft account of the wreck of the LIVELY and many personal letters, 1789 to 1841.

The collection consists of 55 letters from Susannah Maria Middleton, wife of Captain Robert Gambier Middleton, to her sister Miss Marion Leake, during her residence in Gibraltar from 1805-1808. The letters describe the every day life of Susannah as a young wife of a naval officer stationed away from home for the first time. They include descriptions of the voyage to and from Gibraltar, the running of her house and farmyard, difficulties in obtaining supplies and receiving packages from England, problems with servants, naval officers stationed in Gibraltar, social activities including balls and dinners, and numerous excursions to the Rock and into Spain. The collection also includes a short unpublished biography of the Middletons and further information about the letters by Michael Middleton entitled "Letters from the Rock, 1805-1808".

Papers of Henry Dundas, consisting of miscellaneous letters and documents relating to Dundas's official career as a naval administrator, 1760 to 1811. A further section was purchased from Madame Elisabeth La Serre in 1976. It consists of letters received between 1794 and 1806, from, among others, Admirals Cornwallis, Duncan, Orde, Keith, and Hallowell, as well as a number of ship lists.

Papers of Robert Saunders Dundas, consisting of a small collection of letters for the period during which Dundas was First Lord. In addition, there are some papers concerning Lord Cochrane's secret plan of 1812. A further section consists of letters received, 1812 to 1830, from naval officers, including Admirals Sir Charles Rowley, Sir David Milne, Sir Graham Moore (1764-1843) and Captain Sir George Grey.

Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. The Collection explores aspects of the West African, Transatlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades from the mid eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, and includes material relating to the abolition of slavery. The archive catalogued here incorporates manuscripts, printed books and pamphlets, maps and photographs. For prints and drawings and artefacts from the Graham-Stewart Collection, please contact the appropriate Museum departments.

Papers of John Harold McGivering, covering his career in the RNVR (later RNR) from his being accepted in the service, to his retirement and contains many orders, reports, official papers, photographs, letters etc, relating to his service years. Also present in the collection is similar material relating to his father, John McGivering, who was also in the RNVR, serving on motor launches during the First World War.

Papers of Charles Middleton. They consist of his private correspondence and his administrative papers. The latter cover the range of Admiralty and Navy Board subjects of business between 1778 and 1806. Originally Middleton arranged them all either by writer or alphabetically by subject; Sir John Knox Laughton may also have contributed to the arrangement. In so far as letters and administrative papers were largely separate, this arrangement has been retained, though extended and carried throughout the collection. Additional letters and papers, obviously added by John Deas Thompson, have been formed into a distinct section. A further group of papers were purchased from Lord Gainsborough via Christie's in 1994. Where possible these have been integrated into the existing catalogue sequence, from MID/1-MID/14. Further correspondence has been added in a new section, MID/15.

Records of the Marine Insurance Company. Although some records date from the 1930s, most relate primarily to the 1950s and 1960s. They include: Head Office Books, 1957 to 1968, containing registers of debits against policies, with some details of ships, cargoes and voyages; hull closings, 1957 to 1964; cargo closings, 1957 to 1964; building and port risks, 1937 to 1960; book and proof sheets, 1957 to 1968, summarizing business and premiums paid; declarations and certificates, 1957 to 1970, containing details of cargoes sent; premiums and policies, 1932 to 1970; treaties relating to reinsurance, 1957 to 1967; reinsurance agreements, 1950 to 1969; reinsurance closures and recoveries, 1958 to 1969; records of client companies, 1945 to 1966; claims records, 1933 to 1969; salvage records, 1952 to 1966. The company records include: correspondence, 1945 to 1966; ledgers and cash books, 1917 to 1969; investment records, 1911 to 1948; and results and accounts, 1923 to 1967.

Papers of Charles Wadsworth Murray, including notebooks dealing with his time at Stornoway and contain information about German submarine warfare. There are lists of ships lost and of those that engaged enemy submarines and accounts of the loss or surrender of submarines. There are also three manuscripts unrelated to the main collection, consisting of an order book of Captain Richard Grindall, 1801 to 1805; a Navy Prize Office register, 1803 to 1820, and a log of the REVENGE, Captain Sir John Gore, Mediterranean, 1812 to 1813.

This class contains a volume of seventy-three printed songs maninly by Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) and autographed or initialled by him, but also including works by Charles Dibdin the Younger (1768-1833) and Thomas Dibdin (1771-1841); many of these songs have naval subjects such as 'Jervis for Ever', 'The Death of Nelson' and the 'Blind Sailor'. The volume was probably compiled by Thomas Legard whose name it bears with the date 1806. There is also a full score, in manuscripts, of a cantata entitled 'The Sea Engagement' celebrating the Battle of the Nile, August 1798, and composed shortly afterwards. The work, both words and music, is by Adam Kroll. who describes himself as an 'amateur', and is dedicated to Nelson. Arranged for an orchestra of forty-three performers, it consists of an overture, a descriptive instrumental piece, two airs and a duet.

Papers of Sir Charles Napier. They consist of private letters received by Napier. 1813 and 1860, and a few written and received by Napier's daughter, Mrs Fanny Jodrell, 1847 to 1862.

Papers of the Nares family including papers of Lt George Nares, consisting of a log, 1892 to 1893; papers of John Dodd Nares, consisting of two logs, 1894 to 1897, and one work book, 1928 to 1932, and papers of Sir George Strong Nares, consisting of a log, 1848 to 1851.

Papers of Frederick North. The collection consists of his diaries in the ALERT, 1878 to 1882. There are also photograph albums relating to North in the Department of Pictures.

Papers of Sir Henry Francis Oliver, they include papers relating to the establishment of the Navigation School, and to the Dardanelles Operations, 1915 to 1917; included in the latter are minutes and notes by Churchill. There is also a Report of the Grand Fleet Committee on Officers' Pay and Prospects, 1919. Other letters and papers span Oliver's career, 1914 to 1965, although thinly. There is a diary, 1925 to 1927, a draft autobiography and official service documents.

They consist of two logs, 1758 to 1761 (with additional notes up to 1793) and 1779 to 1782, four signal books, 1778 to 1782, and a presentation copy of Captain Pakenham invention of a substitute for a lost rudder.

Papers of Allan Thomas George Cumberland Peachey. They contain collections of signals relating to Jutland and to the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in 1918; a log, 1936 to 1938; signals, 1939 to 1942; papers and signals relating to the Delhi, 1942 to 1944, and to the reoccupation of Malaya, 1945, and Peachey's papers as Commodore, 1947 to 1948.

Papers of Adml Edward Pellew, consisting of letterbooks, 1804 to 1807, 1815 to 1816, order books, 1810 to 1814, admiral's journals, 1804 to 1807, 1815, and promotion lists, 1804 to 1809.

General Records: This group contains a large vellum-bound volume of Spanish diplomatic papers, mainly dating between 1603 and 1672, but with a section dealing with the Armada, 1587 to 1588; two English documents relating to the expedition to Cadiz, 1596; an enquiry into the loss of ships in the convoy guarded by Sir George Rooke (1650-1709) and the Streights Squadron, 1693; a gathering of Italian papers relating to the capitulation of Malta, 1799 to 1807. There are also a number of items relating to Lord Nelson and his family, 1805 to 1845. (PHB/: PHB/P: 2 vols: 3 items) Merchant Shipping Records: relating to merchant shipping, including the journal of the Blackham on a voyage to Constantinople, 1696 to 1698; the log of H.E.I.C.S. Ceres, 1743 to 1745; of H.E.I.C.S. Wager, 1745 to 1746; and an account in verse of H.E.I.C.S. Ceres, 1812 to 1814, on a voyage to China. There is also a memorial of 1774 by a Harwich pilot to the Treasury, seeking to establish an excise cutter there. Among the documents are Bills of Sale, 1651, 1695, 1775; Letters of Marque, 1780, 1799. (PHB/: PLA/P: 4 vols: 12 items) Royal Navy: Administration: This group consists of nineteen volumes and four documents relating to the administration of the Navy. It includes the naval accounts from 1422 to 1427 of William Soper (fl.1410-1459), Clerk of the King¹s ships; a list of ships' stores 'wasted' in the Prymrose after the Rochelle expedition, 1573; a volume of the records collected by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), the antiquarian and collector, containing summaries of papers on naval matters and defence from the time of Henry III to Elizabeth I; a copy, dated 1638, of the first 'Discourse of the Navy of England' by John Hollond (fl 1624-1659); regulations for the Ordnance Office, 1683; an account, written by a clerk, of the dispute between Samuel Pepys and Colonel Middleton (d 1672) about the importation of cottons and kerseys, 1667 to 1668; two lists of official documents transferred by Pepys to his successor on leaving the Admiralty, 1689; two volumes of Navy Board orders to Deptford and Woolwich dockyards, 1644 to 1722; and eleven volumes of papers, bound by Phillipps in no particular order, relating to general administrative matters, including sea-men's pay, 1711 to 1790; however, among these papers are three letters from Vice-Admiral Benbow (1653-1702) written from Jamaica, 1699. Finally, there are a number of lists; of Admiralty Commissioners, 1673 to 1782; of ships, 1625 to 1636, 1705, 1706 to 1745, and of foreign navies, 1755 to 1778 (PLA/: PLA/P: 2 1/2ft: 76cm) Royal Navy: Law and Prize Money: This group consists of a volume, 1658 to 1673, containing a collection of sentences and decrees made at the Court of Admiralty; a volume of 1685 chiefly concerning the powers and rights of the Lord High Admiral, with an abstract of the judgements of Oleron, translated from the French; a further seventeenth-century volume concerning maritime customs and law from the time of Henry III; a French treatise of maritime law, 1690; a volume containing bound letters from senior naval officers expressing their opinion on the prize money dispute between Lord Nelson (q.v.) and Lord St Vincent (q.v.), 1801 to 1802; vindication of the conduct of Surgeon D.T. McCarthy, court-martialled 2 lines 1 field in 1804.

Papers of John Platt, including a number of logbooks, orders and instructions, signals, watch/quarter/station bills, material relating to impressment, victuals and a number of sketch books and miscellaneous papers. Not all of the material belonged to John Platt, with one notebook being signed by a Charles Platt, 50th regiment and other documents signed by a G E Platt and an Edward Platt.

These include two early works on shipbuilding: Matthew Baker's 'Fragments of English Shipwrightry', c 1586, and Sir Anthony Deane's 'Doctrine of Naval Architecture', 1670, held in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Other examples include copies of two letters written by Sir Francis Drake, ([1540]-1596) 1587 and 1589, a copy of his will, 1595, and one of his 'Pilot of the Caribbean and Azores', 1596; copies of the will of Captain Cook, made in 1776, and of fifty-six letters by or about Lord Nelson, 1780 to 1805, and the personal papers of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1813), Astronomer Royal.

Papers of Sir James Porter, almost entirely comprising letters to his family, 1889 to 1913, and include accounts of various battles during the South African War. There are some Gallipoli signals and letters arranging for hospital trains, 1914 to 1917. Also included in the collection are about one hundred letters relating to the family, into which Porter married, of Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets M W Cowan (1830-1903).

This class contains thirty-one volumes, bound collections of documents and scrapbooks relating to specific events or collections of documents of a general nature. Among those relating to specific events the earliest is a volume of 1582 which contains intelligence of Spain and Portugal, arranged in tabular fashion by Wyllyam Lyllestone. There are also a volume of documents relating to the attack on Martinique and the capture of Guadeloupe, 1758 to 1759; drafts of sections of the Narrative of the second voyage, 1772 to 1775, of Captain Cook (1728-1779) in Cook's hand; a volume of documents relating to a case of 1783 in the Court of King's bench involving the ship ZONG in which 132 negro slaves died; a list of English prisoners of war at Longwy in 1812; a volume of press cuttings relating to the loss of the P and O steamer TASMANIA in 1887 and to the ensuing Board of Trade enquiry. Among the volumes of a general nature is one of 172 naval documents, 1583 to 1778, fourteen of which date from the sixteenth century, including a comparison of the expenses of the Navy, 1579 to 1584; papers relating to abuses in the Navy, 1608 to 1618; a survey of the King's ships, 1633; and papers relating to the debts and condition of the Navy, 1660 to 1668. Another, bearing the stamp of John Wilson Croker (1780-1857), contains 107 seventeenth century copies of documents from the reign of Edward III to 1639, the majority being late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It includes instructions to Martin Frobisher (1535?-1594) for his voyage to the 'North West Parts', 1578; instructions to Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595) for a voyage to the Spanish coast, c 1590; a list of the fleet engaged against the Spanish Armada, 1588; a declaration of abuses committed in the provisions of cordage and masts, 1635; and a table showing arrears of ship money, 1635. A third volume contains one hundred documents from c 1600 to 1715; they are mainly reports dealing with such subjects as victualling, manning, discipline and health and include one concerning the abuses of seamen, c 1602; a discourse on the 'former and present state' of the Navy by Sir Robert Slingsby (1611-1661), Comptroller of the Navy, 1661; a table showing the monthly wages of officers, seamen, and dockyard workers, 1689; an appointment of four Commissioners for the Sick and Wounded, 1689; proposals for more effective treatment of sick and wounded seamen on shore, 1689, by Dr Richard Lower (1631-1691); an essay by Richard Gibson, clerk in the Navy Office (fl 1667-1694) giving reasons for the continuance of victuralling the Navy by commission and not by contractor, 1694; and a summary of the accounts of Greenwich Hospital, 1696 to 1703, by John Evelyn (1620-1706). There is a further volume of copies of treaties and trade agreements, 1640 to 1742, including the marriage treaty of Charles II with Portugal, 1671. There is one volume containing general documents relating to Germany in the Second World War: it includes orders concerning thecapture of enemy vessels and their cargoes, 18 August 1939, signed by Hitler and other German leaders; the log of the submarine U47, September to October 1939 containing a detailed account of the attack on the ROYAL OAK, together with other documents relating to U-boat activity, 1939 to 1942; and instructions for the preparation of the invasion of England, signed by Hitler, 16 July 1940.

Records of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The records cover the life-time of the College from its establishment in 1873 to its closure in 1998. The records are varied, but many relate to the staff at the College. They include pay rolls, volumes detailing staff leave and discharge and service registers. There are also accounting records - bills, receipts, expenditure, imprest books etc. One of the more interesting groups of records are the volumes of "reports", covering the period 1877-1922, which include miscellaneous records relating to Sub-Lieutenants passed, awards, sick leave, discharge, stationary demands, applications to join the College, letters to the Admiralty etc. The collection also includes registers of correspondence and letters-out for the period 1873-1947. Relating to the students, there are a few registers of students on courses 1873-97 and also volumes of Acting Sub-Lieutenants' examination results and passing certificates 1873-1911. These records duplicate those held by the National Archives and further records relating to students can be found there. The more modern twentieth century records mainly relate to courses ran by the College. They include lists of students on courses, Board of Studies minutes, course syllabuses etc, but are not complete. The collection also includes a large photographic archive.

Papers of Robert Roddam, comprising an almost complete service record from 1746, including a log, 1759 to 1778, together with letter and order books, 1746 to 1783, 1789 to 1792, and two signal books. There is a very full administrative correspondence during the American War of Independence and the 1790 crisis. There are no personal papers in the collection.

Papers of the Royal Seamen's Pension Fund. Included are minutes of the Governing Body, 1919 to 1977 and the Finance Committee between 1930 and 1977, ledgers 1920 to 1972, reports of the Governing Body and Reports of the Seamen's Advisory Committee 1912 to 1979, including cash books 1920 to 1965, register of seamen's pension 1944 to 1987.

Papers of Adml Sir James Scott, comprising logs, 1834 to 1839, a night order book, pay book, sick book and other documents relating to the running of the PRESIDENT.

Papers of the Middlesex Advisory Committee and the Middlesex Area Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace, 1911-1982, including minute books and papers relating to committee matters; and files on individual justices, 1960-1979.

Records of Chelsea Congregational Church, Markham Square including volume containing roll of members, 1884-1952; Church Book, 1856-1939, including historical account of Church, 1902, minutes of Church Meetings, 1867-1887, register of marriages, 1892-1939 and register of baptisms, 1868-1939; minute books of Church Meetings, 1856-1867 (includes account of foundation) and 1888-1930.

Records of the Ebenezer Chapel, King Street, Hammersmith, later the Albion Congregational Church, Dalling Road, Hammersmith, including volume, 1784-1849, containing articles and rules for faith and practice, 1784, roll of church members, 1784-1849 and register of events such as admission of new members, resignation of and invitations to pastors and so on, 1785-1819; Church book, 1881-1938, containing historical account of church covering period 1774-1938, minutes of Church Meetings, 1881-1886, roll of members, 1857-1938, register of marriages, 1881-1938, register of baptisms, 1881-1938, register of burials, 1881-1886; register of baptisms, 1875-[1880]; volume containing minutes of Church Meetings, 1923-1938, history of church covering 1774-1932 and note on the closure of the church, 1938.

Records of West Hampstead Congregational Church including register of baptisms and marriages, 1907-1939; roll of members, 1894-1933; register of applications for 'Fellowship', 1896-1904; minute book of Church meetings, 1894-1913; minute book of General Purposes Committee, 1906-1911; minutes of Joint Committee of Lyndhurst Road and West Hampstead Churches, 1911-1915; minute book of Joint Committee, known from April 1918 as 'the Committee' and from August 1919 as 'Meeting of Church Officers', 1915-1923; financial accounts, 1896-1934; printed programme of 'special events' and regular weekly meetings, 1923-1924; Church engagements and notices, 1937; certificate of enrollment of West Hampstead as member of League of Nations Union, 1938; drawing of detail of organ front, 1895 and plan of seating.

Records of Arundel Square Chapel, Westbourne Road, Barnsbury, Islington, including register of marriages, 1899-1916 and declaration of trust, 1868.

Records of New Road Meeting House, Stepney, comprising register of baptisms, 1785-1817.

Minutes of Church meetings, 1885-1887.

Church book containing minutes of Church meetings, 1859-1863, roll of members, 1859-1880, register of baptisms, 1860-1882 and minute book of Church meetings, 1892-1903.

Records of Turnham Green and Gunnersbury Congregational Church, including volume containing minutes of Church meetings, lists of baptisms, marriages and members, 1888-1897; minutes of Church Meetings, 1897-1957; papers of Turnham Green Sunday School, 1871-1886 and 1933-1940; minutes of Committee meetings, 1887-1961; financial accounts, 1891-1894.

Minutes of Church Meetings, 1861-1963; minutes of Church Committee, later called Deacon's meeting, 1873-1963; membership roll, 1866-1870; counterfoils of marriage certificates, 1924-1940; documents relating to Church property, 1856-1914; handbill advertising meeting to be held on 18 Aug 1861 in the [small school] rooms "to unite together those friends willing to devote themselves to the establishment of a permanent Religious [Cause] for Protestant Nonconformists at Wood Green, [suited to] the increasing of the village", 1861.

Volume containing entries of burials, roll of members and Confession of Faith, 1821-1894.

Mortgage and lease for land in Old Deptford Road and Rotherhithe New Road, Rotherhithe, 1859-1860; resolution of special meeting of Southwark Park Congregational Church to raise £1000 on mortgage, 1884 and resolution of Trustees of Southwark Park Congregational Church to add Frank Vidler Catt and Edgar James Taylor to their number, 1884.

Secretary's cash book, 1890-1899.

Register of marriages, 1914-1933.

Mortgage, 1878, for land in Dulwich Grove and Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, Camberwell, and lease, 1900, for 41 Red Post Hill, Dulwich.

Register of baptisms, 1857-1919 and programme card for services at closing of Church, 1920.

Minutes of meetings of Young Men's Association, list of essays read at meetings, attendance register of Association, and minutes of preliminary meeting of Young Men's Prayer Meeting, 1847-1851.

Church Books containing various entries including brief history of the formation of the Church, minutes of Church meetings, membership rolls, marriages, baptisms and burials and other committee minutes, 1849-1919; Minute Books containing minutes for various Church committees, particularly Deacon's Meetings but also Church Meetings, Members' Meetings, Trustees Meetings and Church groups, 1875-1955; membership rolls, 1878-1919; financial accounts, 1876-1963; conveyance for land at the corner of Worton Road and Twickenham Road, Isleworth, 1920 and papers of the Sunday School, 1873-1958.

Leases for property on Fish Street Hill, 1841; papers regarding the appointment of new Trustees, 1885-1952; meeting house certificate, 1834; papers regarding Chancery proceedings relating to the Metropolitan and District Railways Extensions Act, 1884-1887; papers relating to the Chapel relocation to Westminster, 1887-1893; licence and lease for property on Saint George Hanover Square, 1952-1953 and Charity Commission Order permitting the London Congregational Union to sell the Chapel, 1966.

Records of Blackheath Congregational Church including deeds, 1858-1872; certificate authorizing solemnization of marriages at the church, 1855; Church meeting minute books, 1853-1969; register of baptisms, 1949-1969; Deacons' meeting minute books, 1869-1970; Sunday School teachers' meeting minute books, 1907-1935; correspondence and papers concerning pastors, 1874-1896; Church membership roll, 1967; account book, 1872-1887 and material relating to church property, 1886-1954.

Trusts and Trustees document for Basing Place School, 1890s and Trusts and Trustees document for Hoxton Academy Chapel Sunday School, 1890s.

Quarterly Meetings minute books, 1807-1847; ledger, 1807-1812; Chapel Fund ledger, 1815-1823 and account books, 1874-1904.

Register of baptisms, 1889-1916; deeds and papers for Cleveland Hall and agreements for Craven Chapel, 1824-1896; trust accounts for Cleveland Hall and Craven Chapel, 1902-1909.