IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 VER
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Vernon Family Papers
Date(s): [1632-1837]
Level of description: Collection
Extent:
Name of creator(s): Vernon | Sir | Edward | 1723-1794 | Knight | Admiral
Vernon | Edward | 1684-1757 | Admiral
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
See sub-fonds level descriptions for individual biographies.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Adml Edward Vernon, including a few letters, 1714 to 1716, from Vernon's father and brother. The main part of the collection consists of correspondence received and draft replies, 1739 to 1742 and 1745, as well as Vernon's own order books, 1739 to 1741, and his out-letterbook to the Admiralty. Also included in the collection are a few papers of other members of the Vernon family, 1632 to 1837.
Papers of Adml Sir Edward Vernon. They consist of official service documents, 1743 to 1794, and orders and letters relating to the East Indies command, 1776 to 1779.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were purchased by Sir James Caird at Sotheby's in 1934.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Oct 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26