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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy, hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, &c. With their commanders and stations. To which are added the following lists, &c. Establishment of rates and men page 2 Appointment of officers - 2 Pursers superrannuation - 2 Establishment of ships in Ordinary - 2 Contractions explained - - 2 Comparative rank of officers - 2 Widows annual pensions - - 2 Navy-agents - - - - 2 Navy-list, with the pursers 3 to 14 Hired armed vessels, cutt. & lug. 15 Gun and fire vessels - - - 16 Revenue and excise cutters - 16 Naval fencibles - - - 16 Statement of the British Nav. force 17 Total of all captures - 17 Advertisements to correspondents 17 Admirals - - - - 18 Admirals & their secretaries pay page 19 Admirals stations and secretaries 19 Admirals pensions - - - 19 Superannuated admirals - - 19 Post-captains - - - 20 Captains pay, half-pay, superannuation, and pensions - - 21 Commanders - - - 22 Retired lientenants - - 23 Lieutenants - - 23 to 28 Lieuts. pay, half-pay, and pensions 29 Masters - - - - 29 Masters pay, half-pay, superannuations, and pensions - - 30 Physicians and surgeons - page 31 Surgeons pay, half-pay, & bounty 32 Impress service - - - 33 Agent victuallers - - - 33 Governors of Royal Hospitals - 33 Master builders at the different yards 33 Marine forces - - 34 to 36 Signal towers - - - 36 French ships taken, &c. - 37 Dutch ships taken, &c. - 42 Spanish ships taken, &c. - 43 British ships lost, taken, &c. - 44 Prize and head-money payable - 40 Command. who have lost their lives 47 Admiralty, navy, and other public offices - - - - 49 Corrected to March, 1800, and to be continued monthly. Price Sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: 1800- Books
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A letter to the Right Honourable The earl of Sandwich, on the actual state of the master's mates, midshipmen, inferior officers, and seamen, of his Majesty's navy; their Wives, Children, Executors, and legal Representatives; wherein the Power of the Bishops and Ordinaries, in granting Probates of Wills, and Letters of Administration, is considered: the whole tending to shew that the Statute of the 26 Geo. III. cap. 63, intituled, ̀̀an Act for the further preventing Frauds and Abuses attending the Payment of Wages, Prize-Money, and other Allowances due for the Service of Petty Officers and Seamen, on Board any of his Majesty's Ships,'' is impracticable, and highly injurious. By T. Evans, attorney-at-law.
Evans, Thomas (Attorney-at-law)Date: 1791- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. La Colombe, Jean Joseph Charronier, Master. Robert Heard, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Success, the Captor, - - - - - - - - Appellant. Against Daniel M̀neille, Esq; His Majesty's late Commissary of War for the Island of Minorca, the Claimant, - - - Respondent. Case on behalf of the Respondent.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Appeals in Prize Causes. The Karel den Vyfden, Jean Gaston, Master. John Peter Du Roveray, of London, Merchant, a Subject of our Sovereign Lord the King, the Claimant of the said Ship and Cargo, - - - - Appellant. Against Stephen Casey, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Regulator, the Captor thereof, - - - - - - Respondent. Case on behalf of the Claimant and Appellant.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. St. Eustatius And its dependencies. Charles Kerr, of the Island of Antigua, Appellant. The Right Honourable Lord Rodney and General Vaughan - - - Respondents. Case on Behalf of the Respondents.
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Before the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. St. Eustatius, And its Dependencies. Elias Lindo, pretended Owner of sundry Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, - - - - Claimant. The Right Honourable Lord Rodney, and the Honourable Lieutenant General John Vaughan, - - Captors. Case On Behalf of the Captors, on Petition in Objection to the Register's Report as to Claim No. 8.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. The Staadt Trieste, Jean Joseph Hyvert, Master. Jean Joseph Hyvert, the Master and Claimant of the said Ship, her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, with all and singular the Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, and Private Adventures laden therein, at the Time of the Capture and Seizure thereof, - - - - Appellant. Against William George Fairfax, Esquire, Commander of His Majesty's Ship of War the Tartar, and Benjamin Hulke, Esquire, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop of War the Du Quay Trouin, the Captors, - - - - - - - Respondents Case on behlaf of the Appellant.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. St. Eustatius and its Dependencies. Benjamin Mee of London, Merchant, Claimant and - - Appellant. Admiral Lord Rodney and Major General John Vaughan, and James Heseltine Esq. his Majesty's Procurator General, - - Respondents. On an appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain. The Appellant's case.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. The Madona, Michael Drosso, Master. John Smith, Master or Commander of the Ship or Vessel called the Tartar, and Peter Cazalet and William Cook, of London, Merchants, Owners of the said Ship or Vessel, - - - - Appellants. Against Messrs. John and Christopher Harris, of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Merchants, Owners of the Private Ship or Vessel of War called the Viper, whereof Michael Fawckner was Master or Commander, - - - - - - Respondents. On an Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England. Case on behalf of the respondents.
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In His Majesty's High Court of Appeals for Prizes. The Karel den Vyfden, Joan Gaston, Master. John Peter Du Roveray, of London, Merchant, Claimant of the said Ship and Cargo, on behalf of divers neutral Subjects - - - Appellant. Stephen Casey, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Regulator, the Captor of the said Ship and Cargo - - - - - - Respondent. Appendix to the captor's and respondent's case.
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The karel den Vyfden, Jean Gaston, master. John Peter Du Roveray, of London, Merchant, a Subject of our Sovereign Lord the King, the Claimant of the said Ship, her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, and all and singular the Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, and Private Adventures laden therein, - - - - - - - Appellant. Against Stephen Casey, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Regulator, the Captor, - - Respondent. Appendix to the Appellant's case.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. St. Eustatius, And its dependencies. No. 28. Claim of Joseph Waldo. Sir George Brydges (now Lord) Rodney, and the Honourable Lieutenant-General John Vaughan, the Commanders of his Majesty's Sea and Land Forces on an Expedition to the Island of Saint Eustatius, - - - - Captors and Respondents, against Joseph Waldo, of the City of Bristol, Merchant, - Claimant and Appellant. Case on Behalf of the captors, in Objection to the Register's Report.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Noord Stiernen, Herman Samsing, Master. The said Herman Samsing, the Master, Claimant of the Ship, - Appellant. Richard Hudson, Commander of the Private Ship of War, Venom, the Captor, - - Respondent. Case on behalf of the Claimant and Appellant, on Motion for Confirmation of Register's Report.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. St. Eustatius, And its Dependencies. Claim of Anthony Songa, No 17. Anthony Songa, of Warnford Court, Throgmorton Street, London, Merchant, the Consul General of His Royal and Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Germany, Claimant of sundry Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, and also of One hundred and Eighty-Three Piastres Eleven Sols, taken and seized upon the Island of St. Eustatius, on its Surrender to His Majesty's Sea and Land Forces, under the Command of Sir George Brydges (now Lord) Rodney, and Major General John Vaughan, for and on Behalf of divers Persons, Subjects of His Royal and Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Germany, the true and lawful Owners and Proprietors of the said Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, claimed on their Behalf, - - Appellant. The said Admiral Lord Rodney, and Major General John Vaughan, and James Heseltine, Esquire, His Majesty's Procurator General, - - - - - - - - Respondents. Case On Behalf of the Claimant and Appellant.
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The watermen and lightermen's case, in relation to the bill before this Honourable House, for the explanation of former laws made, touching wherrymen and watermen, and joyning the lightermen to them, and providing one good government for both.
Date: 1700 - 1705?]- Books
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Before the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Karel den Vyfden, Jean Gaston, Master. John Peter Du Roveray, Claimant of said Ship and Cargo, on Behalf of Messrs. Rigoult and Famin, the pretended Owners thereof, - - - - Appellant. Stephen Casey, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Regulator, the Captor of the said Ship and Cargo, - Respondent. Case on Behalf of the said Captor and Respondent.
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The picture gallery. Containing near two hundred paintings by the most distinguished ladies in Great Britain. Among which are the following Capital Pieces, The Widow Brady, - - - - by Dowager Lady A-r. The Libertine reclaimed, - - - by the D-ss of C-d. The Highland Laddie, - - - by Lady S-h B-y. The Rake's Progress, - - - - by Lady C-s. Baucis, - - - - - - - by P-ss A-a. Cymon and Iphigene, - - - - by Duchess of D-re. The Careless Husband, - - - - by Ditto. Lady Brute, - - - - - by Lady F-l-. The Dust Cart, - - - - - by Ditto. Jobson and Nell, - - - - - by Duchess of G-r. Old Margaret, - - - - - by Mrs. Gr-h-m, late Mrs. Macy. The Sweepstakes, - - - - - by Dowager D-ss of Ar. An old Woman cloathed in Gray, - by Lady G-ch. Venus making Love, - - - - by the Honorable Mrs. H-b-t. Lavinia bathing, - - - - - by Miss H-m. Jephtha's Daughter bewailing her Virginity, by Countess of J-y. Lady Godina riding through Coventry, by Quondam Lady L-r. Bess of Bedlam, - - - - - by Lady N-th. An English Seraglio, - - - - by the Countess of O-y. Pandora's Box, - - - - - by Lady R-s. Diana Trapes, - - - - - by Lady John S-Lle. Robinetta, - - - - - - by Dowager C-ss of B-m-re. Saint Austin out of his Wits, - - by Mrs. W-b-t-n. Desdemona, - - - - - - by Lady T-d. The Torch of Hymen, - - - - by C-ss of B-ld Gammar Gurton's Needle, - - - by Dowager Lady T-d, &c. &c. &c. To which are added, critical strictures upon each piece.
Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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The picture gallery. Containing near two hundred paintings by the most distinguished ladies in Great Britain. Among which are the following Capital Pieces, Bamfield Moore Carew, - - - by Lady B-d. The Widow Brady, - - - - by Dowager Lady A-r. Jane Shore, - - - - - - by Lady B-ke. The Libertine reclaimed, - - - by the D-ss of C-d. Captain Macheath, - - - - by the Dowager C-ss of C-Lie. The Highland Laddie, - - - by Lady S-h B-y. The Rake's Progress, - - - - by Lady C-s. Baucis, - - - - - - - by P-ss A-a. Cymon and Iphigene, - - - - by Duchess of D-re. The Careless Husband, - - - - by Ditto. Lady Brute, - - - - - by Lady F-l-th. Hope, - - - - - - - by the Countess of Ab-d-n. Jobson and Nell, - - - - - by Duchess of G-r. Old Margaret, - - - - - by Mrs. Gr-h-m, late Mrs. Mac-y. The Sweepstakes, - - - - - by Dowager D-ss of A-r. An old Woman cloathed in Gray, - by Lady G-ch. Venus making Love, - - - - by the Honorable Mrs. H-b-t. Lavinia bathing, - - - - - by Miss H-m. Jephtha's Daughter bewailing her Virginity, by Countess of J-y. Lady Godina riding through Coventry, by Quondam Lady L-r. Bess of Bedlam, - - - - - by Lady N-th. An English Seraglio, - - - - by the Countess of O-y. Pandora's Box, - - - - - by Lady R-s. Diana Trapes, - - - - - by Lady John S-Ile. Robinetta, - - - - - - by Dowager C-ss of B-m-re. Saint Austin out of his Wits, - - by Mrs. W-b-t-n. Desdemona, - - - - - - by Lady T-d. The Torch of Hymen, - - - - by C-ss Dowager of B-l. Fatima (in Cymon) - - - - by the D-ss of G- -n. Castor and Pollux, - - - - by the C-ss of H- - -n, &c. &c. To which are added, critical strictures upon each piece.
Date: 1780- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. D' Eendraght, Jan Boufet, Master. John Shaw, Commander of the private Ship of War the Caesar, the pretended sole Captor, - - - - - - Appellant. Jane Dooling, Widow, the Relict and Administratrix of Laurence Dooling, deceased, late Commander of the private Ship of War the Patsey, and Joseph Fayrer, otherwise Farrer, Commander of the private Ship of War the Harlequin, joint Chacers and Captors, - - - - - - Respondents. An Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England. Case on Behalf of Jane Dooling, One of the Respondents.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Appeals in Prize Causes. The Keyzerlyke Adelaer, Richard Brown, Master. James Cullen, the Claimant of the said Ship and Cargo, - - - - - - - Appellant. Against John Johnson, Commander of the Private Ship of War the Surprize, the Captor of the said Ship and Goods, - - - - - - Respondent. Case on behalf of the Claimant and Appellant.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Appeals in Prize Causes. Saint Eustatius, and its Dependencies. Our Sovereign Lord the King, against the Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, Arms, Stores, and Ammunition, taken on the Surrender of the Island of St. Eustatius, and its Dependencies, to His Majesty's Sea and Land Forces, under the Command of the Right Honourable Lord Rodney, formerly Sir George Brydges Rodney, Baronet, and Major General John Vaughan, Appellants. Against Elias Lindo, of London, Merchant, the Claimant of sundry Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, seized and taken as Prize by the said two Commanders in Chief, at the Time of the aforesaid Surrender of the said Island, - - - - - Respondent. Further case on behalf of Elias Lindo, the Respondent.
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Henry Pippard, Esquire, - - - - - appellant. The Mayor, Sheriffs, Burgesses, and commons, of the town of Drogheda, William Godley, Benjamin Woodward, and Isaac Holroyde, Heirs at law of William Elwood, deceased, - - - - - - - - - respondents. The respondents case.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. De Eendraght, Jan Boufet, Master. John Shaw, Commander of the private Ship of War the Caesar, the sole Captor, - - - - - - - - Appellant, and Jane Dooling, Widow, the Relict and Administratrix of Laurence Dooling, deceased, late Commander of the private Ship of War the Patscy, and Joseph Fayrer, otherwise Farrer, Commander of the private Ship of War the Harlequin, pretending to be joint Chacers and Captors, - - - Respondents. An Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England. The Appellant's case.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. An appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of New-York. Keyserlike Adelaer, Richard Brown, Master. Thomas Cullen, the Claimant on Behalf of Messrs. Thomas Cullen & Co. of Ostend, Merchants, pretended Subjects of the Emperor of Germany, as the true, lawful and sole Owners and Proprietors of the said Ship Keyserlike Adelaer, her Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Stores, and Provisions, and all and singular the Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes laden therein, - - Appellant, against John Johnson, Commander of the private Ship of War the Surprize, his Officers and Mariners, the Captors of the said Ship and Goods, - - Respondents. The Respondents' case.
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