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Providing directions with regard to his son's will.

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Concerning the bill of sale of his son's effects.

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Concerning the bill of sale of his son's effects.

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Concerning the heavy percentage required of his son's money.

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Concerning the bill of sale of his son's effects.

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Concerning the money raised by the sale of his son's effects.

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Concerning the money raised by the sale of his son's effects and the appointment of John Crosley as William Gooch's replacement as astronomer.

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Regarding money owed by and to his son.

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With a statement concerning monies owed to Gooch by the Board of Longitude.

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Giving directions concerning further money owed to Gooch by the Board of Longitude.

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Requesting a receipt for payment of £8 for Gooch's expenses on instruments.

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Regarding the settling of his son's accounts.

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Letter containing observations of the stars and Jupiter's satellites to determine the longitude of Barbados.

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The letter is concerned with timekeepers and also contains notes and calculations in Maskelyne's hand.

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Concerning his proposed method of finding longitude by observing the pointers of the Great Bear. An annotation on the final page reads 'Ordered by the Board that no notice be taken of this letter'. Sent from Millton by Dumbarton.

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The letter concerns observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites which were taken to establish the exact location of several rivers to determine the boundary between New Brunswick and the District of Maine (then part of Massachusetts).

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The letter contains observations of an eclipse of the Sun at Port Jackson, Sydney on 9 December 1806. A duplicate of the letter is at [RGO 4/187: 40b].

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The letter contains an astronomical account of a comet observed on 27 September 1807 at Port Jackson, Sydney.

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The letter is concerned with the settling of accounts.

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Concerning whether or not he would go abroad, Dr Maskelyne's close observation of him, his tasks at Greenwich, and clothing required for the voyage.

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Concerning an interview with Nevil Maskelyne.

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The letter was sent with gifts of a pair of pigeons and some pears. The letter is covered with various computations in Maskelyne's hand.

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In the letter Marsden praises Maskelyne's 'British Mariner's Guide' and method of finding longitude, and relates his own observations made with a sextant.

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The letters are primarily from Nevil Maskelyne but include three sent to Andrews by Margaret Maskelyne, following the death of her father.

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...