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Books of signals: manuscript
Manuscripts
This book of signals contains text and illustrations.
mssHM 18938
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Book of signals: manuscript
Manuscripts
This book of signals contains text and illustrations. This volume formerly belonged to Sir William Chaloner Burnaby.
mssHM 18939
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Sailing and Fighting Instructions or Signalls Observed in her Majesties Royall Navy with the Coulours worne at sea by most Nations
Manuscripts
An early 18th century volume containing hand-drawn and colored drawings of flags and signals to be used by the English at sea; the volume was possibly made for or by a Flag Lieutenant. The flags include those used to signal other English ships and those used by nations, empires, or merchant companies; each colored flag is accompanied by a detailed description. The volume has worn brown leather covers with a damaged spine.
mssHM 84050
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Commonplace book : manuscript
Manuscripts
A manuscript commonplace book, with text written in several different hands. The volume is written mostly in English but also contains French and German; though no country of origin is identified, it appears to be mainly British in subject. The text includes seven pages of index in the beginning of the volume; there are also rough drawings in pencil and pen, as well more finely executed pen and ink illustrations. The text covers an extraordinary range of subjects, including technical inventions and developments, animal husbandry, recipes, political comment, sports, current events, travel, medicinal cures, economics, wine, and many other topics. The volume is bound in late 18th century three-quarter calf gilt, red edges, with some wear to the binding.
mssHM 83388
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Note of naval signal flags (1 p.)
Manuscripts
The twin cores of this small collection consist of (1) six letters from Captain Paterson to his uncle Charles William Tonyn (d. 1805, rector of Radnage in Buckinghamshire) and to his grandmother, written chiefly from the Mediterranean in 1793-1794, 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 (2) 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 76781
Japanese smallpox manuscript volume, approximately 1860
Manuscripts
Handwritten and illustrated book in Japanese on smallpox. The 29 double pages are mounted to an accordion-style book with stiff pages, and contain 27 hand-colored illustrations, many of which show the disease in three-dimension. The Kanbun text is handwritten. The book is covered in satin brocade with a paper title slip. Housed in a silk folding sleeve, also with paper title slip.
mssHM 82443