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Croker, John Wilson, 1780 - 1857 (politician and essayist)

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Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Commodore Collier concerning a replacement chronometer for HMS Sybille, 1827-06-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 41
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Sent to John Croker.

Dates: 1827-06-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from D.J. Thomson to John Wilson Croker, 1821-11-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 158-159
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Originally enclosing the essay at [RGO 14/41: 160-168] which he had received from Hanover.

Dates: 1821-11-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Edward Fairfax to John Wilson Croker, 1818-06-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 120-121
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Originally enclosing the proposal at [RGO 14/41: 122-123].

Dates: 1818-06-29
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from G. Lupton to John Wilson Croker, 1824-03-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 427-428
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Two letters.

Dates: 1824-03-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Henry Goulburn to John Wilson Croker, 1820-10-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 40-41
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Informing Croker that the Governor of the Cape had been instructed to allot a suitable piece of land for the purpose of erecting the Cape Observatory.

Dates: 1820-10-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from James Hughes to John Wilson Croker, 1813-07-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 280-280a
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Enquiring about a chart of longitude he had submitted.

Dates: 1813-07-27
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Couch to John Wilson Croker, 1818-05-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 81-82
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Concerning the publication of improved lunar tables.

Dates: 1818-05-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-02-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 57-58
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.

Dates: 1823-02-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-02-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 59-60a
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.

Dates: 1823-02-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-04-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 420
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Originally enclosing the letter from John George Hartley at [RGO 14/38: 418-419].

Dates: 1823-04-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to [Dr Thomas Young?], 1823-04-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 75
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.

Dates: 1823-04-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to [Dr Thomas Young?], 1823-04-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 76
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.

Dates: 1823-04-26
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to Dr Young, 1822-10-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 111
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Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows at the Cape Observatory.

Dates: 1822-10-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to John Pond concerning bills, 1822-02-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 31
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence between the Admiralty Office and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, requesting the loan of chronometers for H M Ships. The principal recipient is John Pond; the principal correspondent is John Barrow. Other correspondents include John Croker, Richard S. Dundas, G. Smith, John Franklin and Sir William Edward Parry.

Dates: 1822-02-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Croker to John Pond concerning prize chronometers, 1828-07-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 97
Scope and Contents From the File:

Admiralty papers sent to Pond concerning the fitting out of H M Ships with chronometers.

Dates: 1828-07-22
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John McGhie to John Croker, 1813-10-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 269-269a
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Enclosing the letter and plan for finding longitude at [RGO 14/38: 270] and [RGO 14/38: 271-274].

Dates: 1813-10-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Roger Arnold reporting on the poor condition of chronometer No. 2164, 1828-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 45r/1
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Sent to Thomas Taylor .

Dates: 1828-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Tyrell Baylee to John Wilson Croker, 1824-01-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 21-22
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Concerning his method of finding longitude.

Dates: 1824-01-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Wilson Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-05-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 41-41a
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Concerning Kater's application to be Naval Hydrographer.

Dates: 1823-05-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from John Wilson Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-06-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 49-50
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Concerning bills for instruments.

Dates: 1821-06-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Rear Admiral Gage concerning a replacement chronometer for HMS Java, 1828-09-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 76
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Sent to John Croker.

Dates: 1828-09-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Richard Burstal to John Wilson Croker, 1823-08-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 72-73
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Four letters and a report on the merits of Burstal's tables.

Dates: 1823-08-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Sir E.C.R. Owen of HMS Southampton requesting a replacement chronometer, 1829-08-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 190-191
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Sent to John Wilson Croker, and enclosing a return of the rate Arnold's chronometer no. 543 [RGO 5/230: 191].

Dates: 1829-08-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from [Thomas Elrington] to John Wilson Croker, 1819-06-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 59-59a
Scope and Contents From the Sub-file :

With an index of names.

Dates: 1819-06-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Thomas Evans on an instrument for taking altitudes of the Sun without a horizon, 1811-12-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 113-115
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Sent to John Wilson Croker.

Dates: 1811-12-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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