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Nelson, R A, fl1799 - 1811 (Secretary of the Navy Board)

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence with the Admiralty on the payment of accounts, 1803-1823, 1803 - 1823

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/2: 346-356
Scope and Contents From the File:

Includes information regarding salaries of members and imprest monies, financial reports and correspondence with the Admiralty.

Dates: 1803 - 1823
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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John Syed's quadrant with artificial horizon, steering compass etc., 1791 - 1800

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/29: 42-80
Scope and Contents From the Series: The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates: 1791 - 1800
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 R. Nelson (Navy Office) to George Gilpin, 1799

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 491
Scope and Contents

Conveying an Admiralty request to know whether any public chronometers were in the hands of the Board of Longitude.

Dates: 1799
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 R. Nelson to George Gilpin, 1806-09-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 352-353
Scope and Contents

Concerning Earnshaw's pocket chronometer No.462.

Dates: 1806-09-20
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 R. Nelson to George Gilpin, 1806-12-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 355
Scope and Contents

Concerning Earnshaw's pocket chronometer No.462.

Dates: 1806-12-19
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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