Hotham sir william (3 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Good copies both in the original title-blocked cloth. Spines slightly sun-toned with extremities worn; minor tears to head on volume 2. Boards slightly scuffed and dust-toned, with joints somewhat rubbed. Minor damp stain to lower corner of volume 2 front panel. Prelims and edges foxed, with scattered marginal foxing throughout. Frontis portraits retain their tissue guards. Remains a well-preserved set overall. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : fronts., plates, portraits ; 23 cm. Contents; Volume 1: Concerning the writer. Early narrative. Under Hood and Nelson. The mutiny at the Nore. Camperdown and after. Life at the Cape. Portraits under George III. The days of Napoleon. Volume 2: The days of Napoleon. Portraits after Waterloo. Portraits under George IV. Portraits under William IV. The days of Victoria. Subjects; Hotham, William, Sir (1772-1848). Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century. Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century. Great Britain -- Biography. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. HOTHAM, Sir William (1772-1848). Autograph letter signed as Captain of H.M.S. Adamant, to Mr Sam Lewis, Agent Victualler at Yarmouth. The Nore Mutiny / Battle of Camperdown Onboard H.M.S. Adamant, 1 September 1797. Folio (325 × 205 mm). 1 page, neatly written, signed at foot by Sir William Hotham. Docketed verso "Yarmouth / 1 Sept 1797 / Adamant." Old folds with short splits in places, a few small stains, otherwise very good and legible. An operational order written aboard H.M.S. Adamant during the tense months between the Nore Mutiny and the Battle of Camperdown, when the Royal Navy's loyalty and effectiveness hung in the balance. Hotham directs Sam Lewis, the Navy's local victualling agent at Yarmouth, to send off "with all possible dispatch Lighters sufficient to take on shore a large quantity of casks, packs, hoops etc. which prevents H.M. Ship Adamant from receiving any water on board until they are removed," authorising the transfer "for which this shall be your warrant." The instruction, briskly functional as it reads, comes from a fleet in crisis and recovery. Only three months earlier the Nore Mutiny (May-June 1797) had paralysed the North Sea Squadron, with over twenty ships joining the revolt and blockading the Thames in one of the most dangerous challenges to naval discipline ever faced. Admiral Adam Duncan, commanding the North Sea Fleet, was left with only two ships that remained steadfastly loyal — H.M.S. Venerable and H.M.S. Adamant under Captain William Hotham. With these two vessels alone, he bluffed the Dutch fleet at the Texel into believing the blockade still held, maintaining the illusion of strength by signalling to imaginary squadrons. By the time this letter was written (1 September 1797), the mutiny had been suppressed, and Duncan's reconstituted fleet was re-arming and refitting at Yarmouth and the Downs. The Adamant's stores, casks and water barrels being moved ashore here were part of that logistical renewal — a return to order and readiness that culminated six weeks later in Duncan's victory at the Battle of Camperdown (11 October 1797). In that action the Adamant again formed part of the loyal line that engaged and defeated the Batavian Republic's fleet under Admiral de Winter, destroying half the enemy ships and restoring the prestige of a Navy shaken by rebellion. A small administrative note about the resupplying of H.M.S. Adamant but contextually situated within one of the Royal Navy's most testing moments in history. Signed by Author(s).…

See the entries for Cathcart and Dundas in the Oxford DNB. 1p, folio. In fair condition, on aged paper, with wear along one edge, and repair with archival tape along folds. Addressed 'To / The Paymasters General of His Majesty's Forces, or the Paymasters General for the time being -'. Signed 'G Hotham Lt Genl. / D. Dundas Lt Gl. / Cathcart Lt Gen.' Reads 'We the General Officers appointed to Inspect & Regulate the Clothing of the Army, Do hereby Certify that the Clothing for the Loyal Surrey Rangers, commanded by Colonel Potter, having been Viewed and found agreeable to His Majesty's Instructions, We Desire You to Comply with Payment of this Assignment amounting to Two Thousand and five Pounds, eleven Shillings, and seven pence, which Sum takes up the Offreckonings of the said Rangers to the 24th. December 1800.' On the reverse of the document are the manuscript accounts, with signed memorandum that payment has been 'Entered at the Board of General Officers', followed by autograph note: 'Entd. in the Office of the Paym: Genl / Jn. Stephenson'. See partial image (item too large for scanner).…