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Hamond, Graham Eden, Sir, 1779-1862. Papers of Sir Graham Eden Hamond [manuscript], 1778-1815.

Title: Papers of Sir Graham Eden Hamond [manuscript], 1778-1815.

The papers contain a memoir, 1812, titled A Narrative of the Professional Service of Captain Graham Eden Hamond Written by Himself, at the Particular Request of His Father Sir Andrew Snape Hamond Bart Not Intended on Any Account To Be Made Public. Eden begins with his service in 1785 as a Captain's servant and continues through the Napoleonic Wars. It contains accounts of all ships on which he sailed, admirals under whom he served, including Parker and Nelson, actions in which he was engaged and enemy ships captured. He describes the battle of Copenhagen, seiges of Malta and Flushing and action at Naples. There are personal notes on health and travels, and observations on the British custom of requiring other ships to salute her colors. With the memoirs are a statement of his services, 1815; a letter granting permission to publish, 1823; a letter, 1793, as a midshipman, relating an encounter with the French fleet with a sketch of the ships' positions; and a letter, 1778, from Charles Henri, Comte d'Estaing, to Louis Antoine de Bougainville on naval matters.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Wickham, Francis, 1770-1797. Francis Wickham diary, 1796.

Title: Francis Wickham diary, 1796.

The Francis Wickham diary contains entries for August-October 1796, when Wickham served with the British Royal Navy in Martinique. He wrote about Martinique's wildlife, navy life, travels, and other topics.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

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Silas Talbot papers, 1778-1806.

Title: Silas Talbot papers, 1778-1806.

Primarily correspondence of Continental Navy captain and New York congressman Silas Talbot concerning his naval career.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.).

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Francis Wickham diary 1796 Wickham, Francis diary

Title: Francis Wickham diary 1796 Wickham, Francis diary

The Francis Wickham diary contains entries for August-October 1796, when Wickham served with the British Royal Navy in Martinique. He wrote about Martinique's wildlife, navy life, travels, and other topics.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume

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Great Britain. Royal Navy. [Order book], 1795-1797.

Title: [Order book], 1795-1797.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of transcripts of orders issued to Captain Eliab Harvey (1758-1830), captain of H.M.S. Valiant, in service in the West Indies. The orders, sent from Sir Peter Parker, Sir Hyde Parker, Sir John Thomas Duckworth, and Sir Richard Rodney Bligh (1737-1821), concern such topics as impressment, signals, court martials, and battle orders. One order commands Harvey to provision his ships "with all species except Bees, of which she is to have as much as she can conveniently stow and to be supplied with Wine or Spirits in lieu of the remainder," while another orders him "not to impress American Seamen from Vessels belonging to the United States of America, and that the Officers so employed do pay the strictest Attention to Protections that may appear to them to be authentic." In another order, as the result of a court martial of one of the seamen under his command, he is "hereby required & directed to cause the said Michael Supple to be brought up on the Quarter Deck...you are to cause the said sentence to be put into execution, by hanging the said Michael Supple by the Neck at the Foresaid Arm of His Majesty's Ship under your Command and till he is dead."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (33 p.) ; 39 x 25 cm.

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