Letter from Andrew Snape Hamond to Lord Palmerston [manuscript], 1777 May 28.

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Letter from Andrew Snape Hamond to Lord Palmerston [manuscript], 1777 May 28.

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Letter from Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Comptroller of the British Royal Navy, to Lord Henry Palmerston, written while Hamond was serving in the Roebuck in the Delaware River. The letter discuses the loss of men at Antigua and subsequent impressment of new sailors from merchant ships, and the destruction of Rebel magazines.

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Hamond, Andrew Snape, Sir, 1738-1828

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British naval officer. From the description of Papers of Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, 1766-1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069048 British naval officer, of Lynn, Norfolk, England. From the description of Papers, 1783-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122524340 From the description of Correspondence, 1783-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19595421 Epithet: RN Title: 3rd Baronet ...

Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount, 1739-1802

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Henry Temple, second Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), was a politician and traveller. He took his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1761, but never spoke. In 1762 he was elected for the Cornish pocket borough of East Looe, but was only a very occasional speaker, preferring foreign travel to political duty. He was presented to the French royal family at Versailles in 1762, and in 1763 took a grand tour of Europe, where he met John Wilkes and Voltaire. He returned to his house, Broadlands, in Ha...

Roebuck (Ship)

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Built 1619, 300 tons. Voyages: (1) 1619/20 Surat. Master Richard Swan/Christopher Brown. Downs 29 Feb 1620 - 23 Jun Cape - 9 Nov Surat - 19 Dec Jask - Surat - Batavia - Mar 1621 Amboina - in England by Jun 1622. (2) 1622/3 Batavia. Master John Carter. Downs - Batavia - Macassar - Lagundy 29 May 1625 - Batavia - Jambi - Nov 1627 Macassar - laid up at Bantam Oct 1629. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x000303...