Summary |
Description: Copies of Royal Navy orders and correspondence dating from the American Revolutionary War. Includes a copies of the Line of Battle for the Channel Fleet, intelligence reports and orders relating to convoys, the relief of Gibraltar, the treatment of sick men, and combat with enemy shipping. |
General note | Owing to the manner of binding, from f. 32 onwards, items written across two pages should be read right-to-left. This arrangement has been retained to maintain the order of its contents. |
General note | AMDigital Reference: Add MS 38682. |
Original version | Reproduction of: Letter-book and order-book of Vice-Admiral George Darby (Volume 2) 1780-1782. |
Location of original | British Library |
Copyright note | British Library |
Language | Text in English, French. |
Source of description | Description based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018). |