DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE PAPERS OF ADMIRAL SIR JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH, BART. (1748-1817) GOVERNOR OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 1810-1813 PART IV Acquired by an exchange in 1986 from THE OSBORN COLLECTION OF YALE UNIVERSITY'S BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY Note The page numbers given in the following list and index are those arbitrarily assigned to the unnumbered pages of the documents themselves. They are not the page numbers of the finding aid. OSBORN DUCKWORTH PAPERS SERIES I PARKER FAMILY PAPERS - Personal Correspondence of Sir John Thomas Duckworth and Lady Duckworth with members of the Parker family of Almington, Staffordshire Reel No. M-7771 Order of Unnumbered Place & Date Author Recipient Description Pages H.M.S. ORION, J.T. Duckworth, George Parker, 1 - 3 Spithead Captain Litchfield 2 March 1793 H.M.S. ORION, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 4 - 6 Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages Stoke, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 10 - 13 Plymouth Dock 29 Oct. 1793 Stoke, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 14 - 16 Plymouth Dock 2 Nov. 1793 Stoke, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 17 - 19 Plymouth Dock 4 Nov. 1793 Stoke, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 20 - 23 Plymouth Dock 8 Nov. 1793 H.M.S. ORION, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 24 - 27 Spithead 4 March 1794 Stoke, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 28 - 31 Plymouth Dock 2 July 1794 H.M.S. ORION, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 32 - 34 Plymouth Dock 19 July 1794 H.M.S. ORION, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 35 - 36 Plymouth Sound 19 July 1794 H.M.S. ORION, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 37 - 40 Spithead 26 July 1794 H.M.S. ORION J.T. Duckworth George Parker 41 - 44 25 Jan. 1795 H M S LEVIATHAN J T Duckworth George Parker 45 47 Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages H.M.S. LEVIATHAN, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 52 - 55 Mole St. Nicholas 16 Oct. 1796 H.M.S. LEVIATHAN, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 56 - 59 Mole St. Nicholas 30 Oct. 1796 Stoke J.T. Duckworth George Parker 60 - 63 20 April 1797 Stoke, J.T. Duckworth George Parker 64 - 67 Plymouth Dock 9 July 1797 Martinique J.T. Duckworth George Parker 68 - 70 13 Jan. 1801 H.M.S. LEVIATHAN, Sir J.T. Duckworth George Parker 71 - 74 Martinique 11 Nov. 1801 Stoke, J.T. Duckworth William Parker 75 - 78 Plymouth Dock, (1781-1866), 9 July 1794 Son of George Parker H.M.S. ROYAL Sir J.T. Duckworth Captain William 79 - 84 GEORGE, Off Ushant Parker, (1781- 8-22 Aug. 1808 1866) H.M.S. AMAZON, Off Ferole B[---es] Hotel Sir. J.T. Captain William 85 - 88 Jermyn Street Duckworth Parker, H.M.S. 1 May 1810 AMAZON, Off North Coast of Spain Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages H.M.S. ORION, J.T. Duckworth [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis 93 -95 Spithead (1735-1823)] 4 Feb. 1793 H.M.S. ORION J.T. Duckworth Lady Jervis (d. 96 - 98 Spithead 1816), née Martha 2 March 1793 Parker, half- sister of George Parker, Rochetts Stoke J.T. Duckworth [George Parker ?] Regarding William Parker's recovery from measles and speculations 8 Nov. 1793 about Duckworth's future service. 99 - 102 Stoke, Ann Duckworth George Parker Son William Parker conducted himself like a Plymouth Dock (d. 1797), née little hero in the recent action in which 16 June 1794 Wallis, 1st wife Duckworth had been slightly wounded in the of J.T. Duckworth hand. 103 - 105 Stoke Ann Duckworth Mrs. George Parker Has had no news but has been led to expect 15 Nov. 1796 that H.M.S. LEVIATHAN might retrun to England before the end of the winter. 106 - 109 SERIES II DUCKWORTH PAPERS, ALPHABETIC - Letters to Sir John Thomas Duckworth, alphabetically arranged by author, etc. April 1811 Robert Sconce Abstract of the 1810 Greenwich Hospital Account for Newfoundland. (Copy) (See also CANADIAN REPOSITORIES COLLECTION, Accounts, Newfoundland, Reel M-3719, pages 4147- 4169.) 110 - 115 7 March 1807 An Account of Ships of War and Merchantmen Captured and Detained by H.M.S. PLATTON, Captain Secombe, 19 Feb. - 7 March 1807. 116 - 117 St John's Richard O Athill Duckworth Regrets regarding onions Return of a Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages Bayford Bury Sophia Baker Duckworth, Visit from Duckworth's daughter Nanny is 11 Jan. 1801 Martinico or expected. Thanks for Duckworth's kindness elsewhere, West to her [son] Henry. 123 - 126 Indies Hill Street William Baker Duckworth Duckworth's family; the capture of Minorca by Duckworth, did not 28 March 1799 capture the imagination of the public. (Duplicate) 127 - 142 Fowey Rev. Henry Donne Duckworth { Compliments Duckworth on his success and [ offers his services as 1 April 1799 secretary and { chaplain. Includes reference to a { graduated income tax. (Copy) 143 - 145 { Hill Street William Baker Duckworth { Covering letter enclosing the above 9 April 1799 { letter from Donne and discussing { Duckworth's victory at Minorca. 145 - 146 { Includes : { Hill Street William Baker George John { Giving excerpts from letters recently 9 April 1799 Spencer, 2nd { received by Baker from Admiral Earl Spencer { Duckworth. (Copy. Incomplete.) 146 (1758-1834), 1st Lord of the Admiralty Hill Street Duckworth { Discusses military and naval 7 April 1799 campaigns in { Europe and Malta, including Lord { Nelson's. (Duplicate. Plymouth Sound William Baker Incomplete.) 19 Aug. 1797 { Includes : William Baker { { (Quotation from.) { Duckworth 147 - 158 Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages 1 May 1799 William Baker Duckworth George Duckworth (J.T. Duckworth's son) has been admitted to Christ Church College, Oxford. 159 - 162 Hill Street William Baker Duckworth, News of friends in England. War news, etc. 163 - 172 27 May 1799 Minorca or elsewhere 24 June 1799 William Henry William Baker { Does not think that the office [of Cavendish { Captain of the Port] has ever existed in Bentinck, 3rd { Minorca. If it exists, appointment to it Duke of Portland (1738- { would probably be in the hands of either { the Commander-in-Chief 1809), Home or the Secretary Secretary, 1794- { at War. (Copy) 1801 { { 25 June 1799 William Baker Duckworth { Further regarding Duckworth's desire to { be appointed Captain of the Port at { Minorca, and the difficulty of { determining whose patronage it would be { necessary to obtain for the appointment. { (Copy) Includes 173 - 176 19 June 1799 Henry Baker, son William Baker { His gratitude for Duckworth's kindness of William Baker { to him. (Copy) 175 - 176 Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages Bayfordbury William Baker Duckworth { Further regarding Duckworth's efforts to 11 July 1799 { obtain the office of Captain of the Port { of Minorca. (Incomplete). Includes : { 24 June 1799 Duke of Portland William Baker { Does not think that the office [of { Captain of the Port] has ever existed in { Minorca. If it exists, appointment to it { would probably be in the hands of either { the Commander-in-Chief or the Secretary { at War. (Copy) (See page 173 above.) { 7 July 1799 William Windham William Baker { Right of appointment probably lies with (1750-1810), { the Governor of Minorca, if there should Secretary for { be any need to make such an appointment. War, 1794-1801 { (Copy) { 28 June 1799 Mary Muddle [William Baker}] { Has made up the deficiencies of payment { on behalf of her son [R.H. Muddle], from { whom she would like a letter. (Copy) { Arundel Street James Sykes [William Baker] { 7 July 1799 { (Copy) 177 - 180 179 179 - 180 180 Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages Bayfordbury William Baker Duckworth, { Further regarding Duckworth's efforts to 14 July 1799 Mediterranean { obtain the office of Captain of the port Station, or { of Minorca; the war in Europe. Includes: 181 - 192 Elsewhere { { 7 July 1799 William Windham William Baker { Patronage probably lies with the Governor { of Minorca, if there should be any need { to make such an appointment. (Copy) 187 - 188 Hill Street William Baker Duckworth Baker's son going to sea as a midshipman under Duckworth. 1 Aug. 1799 - 193 - 203 3 Aug. 1799 Bayfordbury William Baker Duckworth Nelson's problems in Naples; military news regarding Italy; General 13 Aug. 1799 - [Henry Edward] Fox has been appointed lieutenant-governor of Hill Street Minorca. 15 Aug. 1799 204 - 213 Bayfordbury William Baker Duckworth Mentions a refusal of conscripts to obey orders. 20 Aug. 1799 214 - 219 Bayfordbury William Baker Duckworth, Embarkation of Baker's son Henry; war news; Duckworth's children. 3 Sept. 1799 H.M.S. LEVIATHAN, 220 - 223 Mediterranean Station Bayfordbury William Baker Duckworth War news. 224- 229 9 Sept. 1799 Christ Church Cyril Jackson William Baker { 9 Sept. 1799 (1746-1819), Dean { of Christ Church, Oxford, { 1783-1809 { (Copy) 230 - 231 { Bayfordbury William Baker Duckworth, { George Duckworth at Oxford; education of 16 Sept. 1799 Minorca, { Baker's son; war news. 231 - 235 Mediterranean Station or Reel No. M-7771 Order of Place & Date Author Recipient Description Unnumbered Pages Christ Church Cyril Jackson William Baker { 9 Sept. 1799 { (Copy) 236 - 237 { 21 Sept. 1799 - William Baker Duckworth { George Duckworth's allowance at Oxford; 23 Sept. 1799 { war news, including reference to Lord { Nelson. Includes : 237 - 243 { Twilly James Furneaux William Baker { 20 Sept. 1799 { (Copy) 243 - 245 { 26 Sept. 1799 William Baker Duckworth { { (Copy) 245 - 250 Christ Church Cyril Jackson William Baker { 9 Sept. 1799 { (Copy) 251 { Twilly James Furneaux William Baker { 20 Sept.