Collection GB 0064 PDW - Pollard-Whitshed Collection

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GB 0064 PDW

Title

Pollard-Whitshed Collection

Date(s)

  • 1784-1878 (Creation)

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Archival history

GB 0064 PDW 1784-1878 Collection

Pollard , Edwin John , 1833-1909 , Rear-Admiral

Whitshed , Sir , James Hawkins , 1762-1849 , Knight , Admiral of the Fleet

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The papers, part of the Pollard-Whitshed collection, were presented by Mr H H W Pollard in 1946.

Papers of Rear-Admiral Edwin John Pollard, including accounts, memoranda and sailing orders for 1858 to 1861, 1863 to 1865 and 1878; a notebook recording the ships in which Pollard served as a junior officer; a watch bill, 1860 to 1861; a book of technical details on the RUPERT and the DEFENCE and newspaper cuttings. 1858 to 1878.

Papers of Sir James Hawkins Whitshed. They include a letterbook of the ROSE, 1784 to 1785; sailing directions and orders of battle, 1800 to 1801, and three letters concerning the possibility of mutiny in the Channel Fleet, 1800.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

2010-08-26 HMS Defence Whitshed , Sir , James Hawkins , 1762-1849 , Knight , Admiral of the Fleet Pollard , Edwin John , 1833-1909 , Rear-Admiral Naval affairs Vehicles Transport Ships Crime Mutiny HMS Rupert HMS Rose Royal Navy Military affairs Military science Social sciences

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The papers, part of the Pollard-Whitshed collection, were presented by Mr H H W Pollard in 1946.

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Scope and content

Papers of Rear-Admiral Edwin John Pollard, including accounts, memoranda and sailing orders for 1858 to 1861, 1863 to 1865 and 1878; a notebook recording the ships in which Pollard served as a junior officer; a watch bill, 1860 to 1861; a book of technical details on the RUPERT and the DEFENCE and newspaper cuttings. 1858 to 1878.

Papers of Sir James Hawkins Whitshed. They include a letterbook of the ROSE, 1784 to 1785; sailing directions and orders of battle, 1800 to 1801, and three letters concerning the possibility of mutiny in the Channel Fleet, 1800.

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Finding aids

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

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National Maritime Museum

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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