by Roy Adkins
131 Yule-Booth collection
132 O’Meara 1822, vol. 2, p. 252
133 Trotter 1804, vol. 1, p. 444
134 Trotter 1804, vol. 1, p. 444
135 Cockburn 1815, pp. 32–3
136 Prior 1820, p. 48
137 Raigersfeld 1929, pp. 29–30
138 Hay 1953, p. 101
139 Prior 1820, p. 48
140 Prior 1820, pp. 48–9
141 Prior 1820, p. 49 fn
142 Hay 1953, p. 102
143 Prior 1820, p. 49
144 Cockburn 1815, pp. 31–2
145 Regulations 1808, p. 137
146 Thursfield 1951, p. 249
147 Regulations 1808, p. 137
148 Thursfield 1951, p. 335
149 TNA ADM 1/5346
150 TNA ADM 1/5346
151 TNA ADM 1/5346
152 TNA ADM 1/5346
153 TNA ADM 1/5442
154 Fremantle 1940, p. 174. This letter was written on 22 June 1805 on board the Neptune off Ushant
155 Thursfield 1951, p. 11
156 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 31
157 Wyndham-Quin 1912, p. 144. He is also called Chevers
158 Smyth 1829, pp. 223–4
159 Thomas 1968, p. 185. Journal entry for 8 November 1794
FIVE: A WIFE IN EVERY PORT
1 Watson 1827, p. 135
2 Griffiths 1824, p. 95. This was written in 1811
3 Thursfield 1951, p. 8
4 Moody 1959, p. 233
5 Moody 1959, p. 233
6 Gardner 1906, p. 16, where a bowdlerised version is given
7 Pillet 1818, p. 218
8 Goodall 1860, pp. 25–6. This was in 1801
9 Steele 1840, p. 235
10 National Maritime Museum manuscript WIL/1/21: letter of 4 February 1809
11 The National Archives ADM 102/163
12 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 96
13 Greig 1924, p. 174
14 NMM manuscript AGC/P/17. This letter was written on 12 June 1805
15 Goodall 1860, p. 26
16 Goodall 1860, pp. 26–7
17 Hawker 1821, p. 2
18 Hawker 1821, p. 4
19 Hawker 1821, p. 5
20 Forester 1954, p. 48
21 Letter from an anonymous officer in United Services Journal 1839 part 3, pp. 419–20
22 Penny Magazine 3 May 1834, pp. 175–6
23 Penny Magazine 3 May 1834, p. 176
24 Parker’s General Advertiser and Morning Intelligencer 2 September 1782
25 Pinckard 1806, p. 38
26 Watson 1827, pp. 22–3
27 Watson 1827, p. 82
28 Watson 1827, pp. 83–4
29 Watson 1827, p. 84
30 Watson 1827, pp. 82–3
31 Nicol 1822, pp. 19–20
32 Aaron Thomas Papers, Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries
33 Aaron Thomas Papers
34 Aaron Thomas Papers
35 Aaron Thomas Papers
36 Anon 1806, p. 51
37 Royal Naval Museum manuscript 1985/323
38 RNM manuscript 1985/323
39 Watson 1827, pp. 201–2
40 RNM manuscript 1992/442
41 RNM manuscript 1992/442
42 TNA ADM 37/596
43 TNA ADM 27/19. Thanks to Mick Davis for finding this
44 RNM manuscript 1992/442
45 TNA ADM 1/5345
46 NMM manuscript SPB/15
47 Griffiths 1824, pp. 109–10. This was written in 1811
48 Letter of John Yule to Eliza Yule, 16 November 1805, Yule-Booth collection
49 Letter of John Yule to Eliza Yule, 9 December 1805, Yule-Booth collection
50 Letter of John Yule to Eliza Yule, 9 December 1805, Yule-Booth collection
51 NMM manuscript JOD/156
52 Watson 1827, p. 98
53 Watson 1827, pp. 71–2
54 Watson 1827, pp. 89–90
55 NMM manuscript WQB/39
56 NMM manuscript GRE/15
57 Tucker 1844, p. 414
58 TNA ADM 36/14817 (2nd entry)
59 TNA ADM 36/14817 (2nd entry)
60 Wellcome Institute Library, vol. 10 Western Ms. 3676
61 Nicol 1822, pp. 186–7
62 Aaron Thomas Papers
63 NMM manuscript MSS/77/148. He was in the Audacious
64 Leech 1844, pp. 94–5
65 Chronicle of the Annual Register 54 for 1812 (1813), p. 93
66 Chronicle of the Annual Register 54 for 1812 (1813), p. 93
67 TNA ADM 53/1242
68 Rowbotham 1937, p. 366
69 TNA ADM 82/124
70 Portsmouth City Museum and Record Office manuscript 11A/S/1
71 The Naval Chronicle 17, 1807, p. 309
72 See Cordingly 2001, pp. 85–6
73 Woolmer’s Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 11 May 1809
74 The Times 2 September 1815
75 Boser 2002
76 Smyth 1829, p. 201
77 Chronicle of the Annual Register for 1807 (1809), p. 463
78 Morning Chronicle 6 October 1807
79 NMM manuscript WQB/40
80 TNA ADM 1/5383
81 TNA ADM 1/5383
82 The Times 22 October 1807
83 TNA ADM 1/5428
84 TNA ADM 1/5428
85 Thursfield 1951, pp. 9–10
86 Thursfield 1951, p. 10
87 Thursfield 1951, p. 10
88 TNA ADM 1/5331
89 TNA ADM 1/5331
90 TNA ADM 1/5331
91 TNA ADM 1/5331
92 Leech 1844, pp. 43–4
93 Hall 1846, series 1, pp. 40–1
94 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 8
95 TNA ADM 101/93/1. The surgeon was Abraham Martin
96 NMM manuscript RUSI/ER/3/11
97 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 9
98 NMM manuscript GRE/15
99 NMM manuscript MSS74/074
100 NMM manuscript MSS74/074
101 Upton collection, Wilkinson 091217spww
SIX: BELLS AND WHISTLES
1 National Maritime Museum manuscript SPB/15
2 Leech 1844, pp. 39–40
3 Thursfield 1951, p. 243
4 Dillon 1953, vol. 2, p. 84
5 Thursfield 1951, p. 244
6 Goodall 1860, p. 19
7 Goodall 1860, pp. 19–20
8 Goodall 1860, p. 20
0 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 138
10 Portsmouth City Museum and Record Office manuscript 11A/S/1
11 Hay 1953, p. 45
12 Leech 1844, pp. 42–3
13 Hay 1953, p. 46
14 Leech 1844, pp. 43–4
15 Pasley 1931, p. 63
16 Leech 1844, pp. 83–4
17 Bates 1868, p. 44
18 Bates 1868, p. 45
19 Robinson 1836, p. 6
20 Royal Marines Museum manuscript 11/19/93
21 Griffiths 1824, pp. 192–3
22 Watson 1827, pp. 67–8
23 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 66
24 Gardner 1906, p. 108
25 Thomas 1968, p. 99
26 NMM manuscript WQB/40. Prince William was the captain
27 NMM manuscript WQB/40
28 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 5
29 Thursfield 1951, p. 248
30 Leech 1844, p. 42
31 Thursfield 1951, p. 249
32 O’Loghlen 1766, pp. 112–13
33 O’Loghlen 1766, p. 113
34 Regulations 1806, p. 163
35 Hall 1846, series 2, p. 96
36 Leech 1844, p. 49
37 Leech 1844, pp. 49–50
38 Leech 1844, pp. 50–1
39 Goodall 1860, pp. 22–3
40 Aaron Thomas Papers, Special Collection, University of Miami Libraries
41 Jackson 1927, p. 11
42 NMM manuscript JOD/148
43 Watson 1827, pp. 138–9
44 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
45 Aaron Thomas Papers
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46 NMM manuscript JOD/156
47 NMM manuscript JOD/156
48 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 97
49 Sinclair 1857, p. 52
50 Goodall 1860, p. 22
51 Scott 1834, vol. 1, p. 37
52 Thursfield 1951, p. 146
53 Goodall 1860, p. 16
54 Aaron Thomas Papers
55 Thursfield 1951, p. 171, from the journal of Robert Wilson
56 Mariner’s Mirror 7, 1921, p. 343
57 Goodall 1860, p. 31
58 Goodall 1860, pp. 31–2
59 Aaron Thomas Papers
60 Aaron Thomas Papers
61 Aaron Thomas Papers
62 Aaron Thomas Papers
63 Flindell’s Western Luminary 13 August 1813
64 Scott 1834, vol. 2, p. 62
65 Scott 1834, vol. 1, pp. 15–16
66 Scott 1834, vol. 1, p. 14
67 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 105
68 Royal Naval Museum manuscript 1995/48
69 Delafons 1805, pp. 271–2
70 The National Archives ADM 1/5124
71 Lincoln and McEwen 1960, p. 20
72 Robinson 1836, p. 1
73 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 327
74 Goodall 1860, p. 37
75 Goodall 1860, p. 40
76 Goodall 1860, pp. 43–4
77 TNA ADM 1/5442. Wardocks was from Ireland and Buckhawson from Germany
78 TNA ADM 1/5442
79 Thursfield 1951, p. 36
80 Moody 1959, p. 238
81 Goodall 1860, pp. 34–5
82 Watson 1827, pp. 111–12
83 TNA ADM 1/5442
84 Scott 1834, vol. 2, p. 158
85 Scott 1834, vol. 2, pp. 160–1
86 Scott 1834, vol. 2, p. 162
87 Scott 1834, vol. 2, p. 163
88 Goodall 1860, p. 46
89 Goodall 1860, p. 49
SEVEN: CONVOY AND CAPTURE
1 National Maritime Museum manuscript SPB/15
2 Malcolm 1828, p. 239. In later life John Malcolm was a poet
3 Malcolm 1828, pp. 237–8
4 Malcolm 1828, pp. 239–40
5 Watson 1827, p. 23
6 Moody 1961–2, p. 112
0 Moody 1961–2, pp. 114–15
8 Aaron Thomas Papers, Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries
9 Whitfeld 1900, pp. 209–10
10 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 64
11 Aaron Thomas Papers
12 NMM manuscript JOD/156
13 NMM manuscript JOD/156
14 NMM manuscript JOD/156
15 NMM manuscript MSS/74/074
16 NMM manuscript MSS/74/074
17 NMM manuscript MSS/74/074
18 Fremantle 1940, p. 205
19 British Library manuscript Add. 38,886
20 O’Meara 1822, vol. 1, p. 177
21 Sinclair 1857, p. 62
22 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
23 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
24 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
25 Dibdin 1844, p. 101
26 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
27 Watson 1827, p. 170
28 Watson 1827, p. 169
29 Tiverton Library manuscript GM/1805/1128/86
30 James 1859, p. 257
31 Tiverton Library manuscript GM/1805/1128/86
32 James 1859, p. 257
33 Royal Naval Museum manuscript 1996/21/2
34 RNM manuscript 1996/31/2
35 RNM manuscript 1996/31/2
36 RNM manuscript 1996/31/2
37 RNM manuscript 1996/31/2
38 RNM manuscript 1996/31/2
39 Report on Treatment of Prisoners of War 9 May 1798, p. 12 in Lambert 1975
40 Report on Treatment of Prisoners of War 9 May 1798, pp. 58–9 in Lambert 1975
41 Report on Treatment of Prisoners of War 9 May 1798, p. 59 in Lambert 1975
42 O’Meara 1822, vol. 2, p. 28
43 British Library manuscript Add. 38,886
44 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
45 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
46 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
47 Letter of 26 March 1811 in Yule-Booth collection. Bingham had been a prisoner since October 1807
48 NMM manuscript JOD/224. His journal is anonymous, but was almost certainly written by Finny (see TNA ADM 37/384)
49 Short and Williams 1914, p. 76
50 Short and Williams 1914, p. 76
51 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
52 Wolfe 1830, pp. 62–4
53 NMM manuscript JOD/202
54 NMM manuscript JOD/224
55 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
56 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
57 Short and Williams 1914, p. 33
58 Boys 1864, p. 45
59 Short and Williams 1914, p. 94
60 Short and Williams 1914, p. 35
61 Boys 1864, p. 113
62 Boys 1864, p. 94
63 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
64 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
65 NMM manuscript JOD/202
66 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
67 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
68 Ellison 1838, p. 78
69 Jackson 1927, p. 210
70 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
71 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
72 Short and Williams 1914, pp. 78–9
73 BL manuscript Add. 38,886
74 NMM manuscript JOD/202
75 Jackson 1927, p. 219
76 NMM manuscript JOD/224
EIGHT: INTO BATTLE
1 National Maritime Museum manuscript AGC/14/8
2 Petrides and Downs 2000, p. 169
3 Leech 1844, p. 127
4 Leech 1844, p. 127
5 Thursfield 1951, p. 154. This was December 1806
6 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 122
7 NMM manuscript AGC/B/18
8 Elliot 1863, pp. 12–13
9 Polwhele 1826, p. 578
10 Scott 1834, vol. 1, pp. 26–7
11 Scott 1834, vol. 1, p. 28
12 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, pp. 122–3
13 NMM manuscript JOD/156
14 Jackson 1900, p. 238
15 The National Archives ADM 52/3550
16 Field 1924, p. 143
17 Gardner 1906, p. 30
18 Gardner 1906, pp. 31–2
19 Fraser 1913, pp. 215–16
20 Scott 1834, vol. 1, pp. 86–7
21 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 128
22 NMM manuscript JON/7
23 Thursfield 1951, p. 364
24 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 128
25 Leech 1844, p. 135
26 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 125. This was Captain Gambier
27 Thursfield 1951, p. 253
28 Thursfield 1951, p. 253
29 Leech 1844, pp. 41–2
30 Spilsbury 1807, p. 6. This was in 1805
31 Pasley 1931, pp. 72–3
32 Pasley 1931, p. 77
33 Pasley 1931, p. 195
34 Pasley 1931, pp. 195–6
35 NMM manuscript JON/7
36 Scott 1834, vol. 1, p. 295
37 Hall 1846, series 3, p. 128
38 Royal Marines Museum manuscript 11/12/42
39 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 131
40 Pasley 1931, p. 138
41 O’Brien 1839, pp. 209–10
42 O’Brien 1839, pp. 210–11
43 Bourchier 1873, pp. 39–40
44 Nicolas 1846, p. 139
45 Leech 1844, p. 130
46 Leech 1844, p. 131
47 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 130
48 Petrides and Downs 2000, p. 141
49 Thursfield 1951, p. 155
50 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, pp. 124–5. This was 29 May 1794
51 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 131
52 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 139
53 Parsons 1905, p. 26
54 Parsons 1905, pp. 26–7
55 Leech 1844, pp. 132–4
56 Millard 1895, p. 88
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57 Leech 1844, p. 134
58 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 125. This was 29 May 1794
59 Price 1984, p. 37
60 NMM manuscript MSS/77/163
61 NMM manuscript MSS/77/163
62 NMM manuscript MSS/77/163
63 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 142
64 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, pp. 181–2
65 Jackson 1927, p. 143
66 Hoffman 1901, p. 213
67 Willyams 1802, p. 53
68 Lee 1836, pp. 92–3
69 Moorhouse 1910, p. 172
70 Scott 1834, vol. 1, pp. 306–7
71 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 139
72 Watson 1827, p. 143
73 Bourchier 1873, pp. 72–3
74 Leech 1844, p. 144
75 Thursfield 1951, p. 155
76 Leech 1844, p. 145
77 Letter in Yule-Booth collection
78 Letter in Yule-Booth collection
NINE: UNDER THE KNIFE
1 National Maritime Museum manuscript SPB/15
2 Thursfield 1951, p. 49 (written by Cullen in the third person)
3 Thomas 1968, p. 36
4 Petrides and Downs 2000, pp. 57–8
5 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 144
6 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 144
7 Boog Watson 1969, p. 215
8 Robertson 1807, p. 309
9 Thursfield 1951, pp. 28–9
10 The National Archives ADM 101/85/7
11 TNA ADM 101/85/7
12 Leech 1844, p. 142
13 Nicolas 1845, vol. 2, p. 444
14 Leech 1844, p. 143
15 Leech 1844, p. 143
16 Barrett 1841b, p. 24
17 TNA ADM 101/102/6. This was a journal entry of 15 February 1789
18 Barrett 1841b, p. 24
19 TNA ADM 101/118/1
20 TNA ADM 101/118/1
21 TNA ADM 101/118/1
22 TNA ADM 101/118/1
23 Wellcome Institute Library, vol. 10 Western Ms. 3676
24 TNA ADM 101/85/7
25 Leech 1844, p. 144
26 Royal Naval Museum manuscript 1998/41/1
27 RNM manuscript 1998/41/1
28 RNM manuscript 1998/41/1
29 RNM manuscript 1998/41/1
30 TNA ADM 101/106/1
31 Blane 1785, pp. 498–9
32 Blane 1785, p. 498
33 TNA ADM 101/106/1
34 TNA ADM 101/106/1
35 TNA ADM 101/106/1
36 TNA ADM 101/93/1. Lawrance was twenty-five years old
37 TNA ADM 101/93/1
38 NMM manuscript MSS/77/148. His surname is McCarty in the ship’s muster book (TNA ADM 36/13758)
39 NMM manuscript MSS/77/148
40 NMM manuscript MSS/77/148
41 TNA ADM 101/93/1
42 TNA ADM 101/93/1
43 Sinclair 1857, pp. 47–8
44 Prior 1820, p. 5
45 Sinclair 1857, p. 49
46 TNA ADM 101/106/1
47 RNM manuscript 1986/537
48 RNM manuscript 1986/537/14
49 Blane 1785, p. 210
50 TNA ADM 101/102/4
51 TNA ADM 101/118/2
52 Nicolas 1845, vol. 5, p. 437: letter from Nelson to Dr Moseley of Chelsea Hospital, 11 March 1804
