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Robert Duff fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1775-1784.

Reference:

R4115-0-4-E, MG23-M2

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100829

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Robert Duff fonds
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Date(s):

1775-1784.

Place of creation:

Newfoundland and Labrador

Extent:

1 microfilm reel : negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of microfilm of selected items from the papers of Robert Duff, including a register of fishing vessels visiting the island giving details of registry, tonnage, crew, passengers and cargo, 1775; correspondence relative to appointments and to Greenwich Hospital dues, with letters of Adm. James Graves and H.T. Cramahé concerning the situation in America and attendant military and naval matters, 1775; miscellaneous papers consisting of a translation of a memoir by the French agent de la Ferté on the American contracts, 1779, papers relative to Capt. George Murray's claim for the prize Bienfaisant, and for the salvage of the Lively of Liverpool, 1778; and material on routine naval matters, 1775-1784. This material is located on microfilm reel A-133.

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Duff, Robert, d. 1787

Biography/Administrative history:

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Duff, Robert, d. 1787 : Robert Duff was commander-in-chief on the Newfoundland station, April 1775 to September 1777. He had reached the rank of commander in the Royal Navy by 1744, captain by 1746, and vice-admiral in 1778. From 1777 until his retirement in 1780, he served as commander in the Mediterranean.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive list of the documents filmed. MSS0060 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001676.pdf

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Location of originals note:

The originals are held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.
Subject heading:

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Fishing boats - Registers, 1775 Greenwich Hospital, 1775

Fishing boats - Newfoundland, 1775 Captain George Murray, 1778

Admiral James Graves - Correspondence, 1775 Bienfaisant (Ship), 1778

Hector Theophilius Cramahe - Correspondence, 1775 Lively of Liverpool (Ship), 1778

United States - Politics and government, 1775

Fishing boats - Manning, 1775

Fishing boats - Cargo, 1775

Fishing boats - Passenger lists, 1775

Great Britain. Royal Navy - Officers, 1775-1784

Salvage, 1778
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG23-M2
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 60] 7

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel A-133

[Consultation 90 Open]

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