This project, scheduled for completion in 2024, involves cataloguing letters written by Royal Navy Captains to the Admiralty during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793-1815). The National Archives holds these letters in 564 boxes in the record series ADM 1, archived by year and the initial letter of Captains’ surnames.
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OK, I'll try again. This sounds like a really useful project. I am researching the Schomberg family of 18th and 19th century naval officers, using in part the Captain's letters in TNA. In addition to the content of the letter, the turnbacks, where the Secretary to the Admiralty made brief notes about the response to be made, are often interesting too.
This sounds a fascinating and extremely useful source, both for biographical research and research into the history of the navy.
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