Antigua 20 Augt. 1779 Letter from Commodore Collingwood with an accot. of his proceedings at English Harbour. Recd. by the Surprize 27 Augt. (docket title)

Collection: Beinecke Lesser Antilles

Alternative Title: M266. Collingwood, Thomas, fl. 1779, commodore.

Genre: Manuscripts

Subgenre- Manuscripts: Correspondence; Military records

Date: August 20th, 1779

Language: English

Extent: 4 images

Place of Publication: Antigua and Barbuda

Note: Physical description: LS "To The Honable. Vice Adml. Byron etca. etca.", 2 pages. 32.6 cm.; Item note: "Grafton, English Harbour 20th Augst. 1779 -- Sir I have to inform you that there are yet in this Harbour the Venus and Star -- they have began coppering the Venus... The Pelican Brig is... so very defective as... not to be worth repairing... I... inclose... two Letters... from Captain Thomson... respecting Montserrat... The Deal Castle is still attending on Governor Burt, and has never yet joined me. There has been so much Work on the Small Craft... not a stroke has been struck for the Grafton... Thos. Collingwood"; Original digital object name: bei-m266; This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Subject Name: Great Britain. Royal Navy

Subject Geographic: Antigua; Barbuda; Great Britain; Montserrat

Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on access to this resource.

To download TIFFs, click on the individual pages below.

Copy

Manifest

Cite this Digital Object

APA

Hamilton College Library, Clinton, New York, United States. (1779, August 20). Antigua 20 Augt. 1779 Letter from Commodore Collingwood with an accot. of his proceedings at English Harbour. Recd. by the Surprize 27 Augt. (docket title). Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library. https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/947f7a64-6245-4928-9f7f-e0076cf4637b

Chicago

Hamilton College Library, Clinton, New York, United States. August 20th, 1779. “Antigua 20 Augt. 1779 Letter from Commodore Collingwood with an accot. of his proceedings at English Harbour. Recd. by the Surprize 27 Augt. (docket title)”. Last modified October 23, 2023. Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library. https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/947f7a64-6245-4928-9f7f-e0076cf4637b

Copy APA Copy Chicago

Objects in this Series

Page 1 - Antigua 20 Augt. 1779 Letter from Commodore Collingwood with an accot. of his proceedings at English Harbour. Recd. by the Surprize 27 Augt. (docket title)

Page 2 - Antigua 20 Augt. 1779 Letter from Commodore Collingwood with an accot. of his proceedings at English Harbour. Recd. by the Surprize 27 Augt. (docket title)

Page 3 - Antigua 20 Augt. 1779 Letter from Commodore Collingwood with an accot. of his proceedings at English Harbour. Recd. by the Surprize 27 Augt. (docket title)

Page 4 - Antigua 20 Augt. 1779 Letter from Commodore Collingwood with an accot. of his proceedings at English Harbour. Recd. by the Surprize 27 Augt. (docket title)