1797-1827 BRITISH NAVAL FLEET LETTERS & DOCUMENTS: 1798 v. f...

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1797-1827 BRITISH NAVAL FLEET LETTERS & DOCUMENTS: 1798 v. fine EL OHMS Free initialled ”RC” from HMS Ville de Paris off Cadiz to Gibraltar requesting Ordnance stores for HMS Prince signed Robert Calder; 1797 fine EL sent from Lisbon where the writer Isaac Coffin was “resident commissioner of the navy at Lisbon” so had franked the letter ”I Coffin”, OHMS to the Earl of St. Vincent KK, HMS La Ville de Paris. The recipient, John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent, was a long-standing friend of Coffin. Includes a contemporary engraving of John Jervis; 1827 Printed naval form sent from H.M.S. Asia at Malta to H.M.Sloop Medina by (previous name crossed out & Sir Edward Codrington K.C.B. inserted) Vice Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of His Majesties Ships....etc requesting inspection of HMS Pelican's chain cables, signed Edw. Codrington. (3) Cross Reference: NAVAL, MARITIME MAIL

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3rd Dec 25 at 11am GMT

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