Croker, John Wilson, 1780 - 1857 (politician and essayist)
Person
Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to John Wilson Croker, 1816-01-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 292-293
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1816-01-08
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
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Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
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Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to John Wilson Croker, 1815-01-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 283-284
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1815-01-31
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
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Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to the Board of Longitude, 1813-02-25 - 1813-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 281-282
Scope and Contents
With a note on the reverse by John Croker.
Dates:
1813-02-25 - 1813-04-15
Conditions Governing Access:
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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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
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Letter from Thomas Jordan to John Wilson Croker, 1827-10-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 433-434
Scope and Contents
Concerning an invention for the regulation of timepieces.
Dates:
1827-10-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Thomas Kerigan to John Wilson Croker, 1826-09-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 438-439
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Letter and paper.
Dates:
1826-09-22
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Kerigan on finding the longitude by the moon's altitude and time of observation
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Letter from William Forder to John Wilson Croker, 1810-06-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 254-255
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters from Forder, with three copies of related letters sent by representatives of the Board of Longitude. Also, a plan by Forder for his improvement of timepieces.
Dates:
1810-06-18
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 William Forder to John Wilson Croker, 1810-06-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 256-257
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters from Forder, with three copies of related letters sent by representatives of the Board of Longitude. Also, a plan by Forder for his improvement of timepieces.
Dates:
1810-06-25
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 informing Pond that he had been made Superintendent of Chronometers for the use of His Majesty's Navy, 1821-07-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 2
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Dates:
1821-07-23
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter reporting on trials of Massey's and Burt's sounding instruments, 1814-11-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 176-177
Scope and Contents
Letter from James Lash, a Master in the Royal Navy, to John Wilson Croker reporting on his trials of the sounding instruments of both Edward Massey and Peter Burt. Lash reports that both machines gave true soundings, but Burt's machine broke within a few days.
Dates:
1814-11-29
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 requesting that chronometer No. 20 be retained at the Royal Observatory, 1829-10-01 - 1829-10-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 141-142
Scope and Contents
Included is a letter sent from John Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty, to Henry Gardner concerning the purchase of chronometer No. 21. Sent from Henry Gardner to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-10-01 - 1829-10-03
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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Letters from William Lester to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1820-12-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 340-341
Scope and Contents
Letter in which Lester states that he had been conducting experiments with light and proposed to find longitude without the use of a chronometer; he also enquires about a reward. Preceded by a related cover letter addressed to John Wilson Croaker [Croker].
Dates:
1820-12-25
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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Note concerning the delivery of a chronometer to the depot at Devonport, 1827-04-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 21
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Dates:
1827-04-19
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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Note concerning the delivery of chronometers to Devonport, 1828-08-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 101
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Dates:
1828-08-07
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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Note concerning the delivery of chronometers to Mr Cox at Deptford for issue to Captain Stokes of HMS Beagle, 1826-02-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 320
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Dates:
1826-02-24
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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Note concerning the terms asked by Mr Cox for the care of the Greenwich chronometers at Plymouth, 1825-07-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 285
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Dates:
1825-07-29
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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Note from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 110
Scope and Contents
Concerning an application by Fearon Fallows to be supplied with instruments at the Cape Observatory.
Dates:
1822-06-26
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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Note from John Croker to John Pond concerning a chronometer by Arnold for HMS Leven, 1825-01-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 235
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:
1825-01-15
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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Note from John Croker to John Pond concerning a chronometer by Earnshaw returned by HMS Isis, 1825-01-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 237
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:
1825-01-22
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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Note from John Croker to John Pond concerning six chronometers in need of repair, 1826-02-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 315
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:
1826-02-10
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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Note from John Croker to John Pond concerning the return of a chronometer by Earnshaw issued to HMS Icarus, 1824-05-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 184
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:
1824-05-24
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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Note from John Croker to John Pond concerning the return of chronometers, 1824-12-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 232
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:
1824-12-17
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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Note from John Croker to William Garrard, 1820-08-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 381
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and a paper sent from William Garrard, a schoolmaster at the Royal Naval Asylum and former assistant to Dr Maskelyne, with a related note from John Croker.
Dates:
1820-08-23
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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Note from John Wilson Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-06-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 228
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Letter and proposal from Nixon, who served in the carpenter's crew on HMS Poulette, HMS Canada, HMS Guerriere, HMS Hussar, and HMS Modeste.
Dates:
1820-06-14
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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Proposal from George Barratt, with illustrations, 1819-02-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 262-264
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Proposal and letter.
Dates:
1819-02-28
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Robert Torrens on finding the longitude by celestial altitudes, 1828-07-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 472-474
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young concerning a letter from Torrens; with a draft reply to Torrens from Young.
Dates:
1828-07-22
Conditions Governing Access:
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