Manuscripts

Sir William Sidney Smith papers

Description: A collection of correspondence and documents relating to the naval career of Sir William Sidney Smith; it includes the British capture and occupation of Cayenne (French Guiana); naval operations in the Mediterranean, including the capture of the French ship "Fortune" by the English ships "Tigre" and "Theseus" (1799) and the siege of Acre; Barbary affairs; and Smith family affairs. Some of the items in the collection are in French; it also includes a round medal in a wooden box.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1745-1838
Call number: mssHM 39809-39871
Creator: Smith, W. Sidney (1764-1840)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Hardin Craig, Jr., 1972.
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Sir William Sidney Smith papers

Manuscripts

A collection of correspondence and documents relating to the naval career of Sir William Sidney Smith; it includes the British capture and occupation of Cayenne (French Guiana); naval operations in the Mediterranean, including the capture of the French ship "Fortune" by the English ships "Tigre" and "Theseus" (1799) and the siege of Acre; Barbary affairs; and Smith family affairs. Some of the items in the collection are in French; it also includes a round medal in a wooden box.

mssHM 39809-39871

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Paterson, Charles William, 1756-1841. Letter (3 p.) to Charles William Tonyn, Mentioning Sir W. Sidney Smith's raid on the French fleet and arsenal at Toulon

Manuscripts

This small collection consist of six letters from Captain Paterson to his uncle Charles William Tonyn (died 1805, rector of Radnage in Buckinghamshire) and to his grandmother, written chiefly from the Mediterranean fromn 1793 to 1794, mentioning in passing the French Royalist uprising at Toulon in November 1793, Sir william Sidney Smith's attack on the French naval fleet and arsenal in the Inner Harbor at Toulon, and Paterson's own concerns for his family, patronage, and promotion, and the Navy Board's various letters to Paterson concerning the personnel, supplies, and refitting of the ship Admiral de Vries at Chatham Yard in 1798. Other than a brief testimonial and a list of his promotions, there is virtually nothing about Paterson's earlier service in North America or his activities during the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars.

HM 76775

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Sidney W. Hardy journal

Manuscripts

This volume chronicles Hardy's voyage from New York City around Cape Horn to San Francisco. He includes details regarding the conditions on the ship and problems among the crew leading to the dismissal of the second mate while the ship was at port at Valparáiso, Chile. The journal also covers Hardy's attempt at mining as well as his experience in owning a store that sold supplies to miners. Hardy makes a specific reference to some Indians who came to his store regularly to trade gold for supplies; these Indians were probably the Yokuts who mined for gold along the Stanislaus River.

mssHM 62959

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Charles William Paterson Papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 76748-76787

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George D. Smith papers

Manuscripts

Letters and documents relating to the formation of the George D. Smith Book Co. as well as La Rose's accusations against George D. Smith. There is also some material related to Henry E. Huntington and his purchases.

mssHM 49652-49686

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Sir Sidney Carlyle Cockerell Papers

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The collection contains 55 letters from English museum curator Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) chiefly to American scholar Muriel J. Hughes (born 1903), as well as some additional letters to Hughes from Cockerell's secretary Dorothy Hawksley (1884-1970), and a few later pieces of ephemera. Cockerell to Muriel J. Hughes, whom he met through a mutual friend. Some of the letters were dictated to and written by Dorothy Hawksley for Cockerell, who signed each letter. The letters from May 1962-1965 are from Dorothy Hawksley to Muriel J. Hughes after Cockerell's death. In a few of his letters, Sir Sydney Cockerell mentions his son, Christopher, who: invented the Hovercraft. Sydney Cockerell also occasionally mentions well-known British celebrities, such as Bernard Shaw.

mssHM 63186-63262

Sir William Sidney Smith papers

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