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53 TNA ADM 101/106/1
54 TNA ADM 101/106/1
55 TNA ADM 101/118/2
56 Scott 1834, vol. 1, p. 21
57 TNA ADM 101/102/3
58 TNA ADM 101/102/4. This was 19 January 1788
59 Trotter 1804, vol. 3, p. 274
60 Blane 1785, p. 242
61 Robertson 1807, p. 301
62 Robertson 1807, pp. 432, 435
63 Hoffman 1901, pp. 53–4
64 Hoffman 1901, p. 79
65 Hoffman 1901, p. 80
66 TNA ADM 101/118/2
67 TNA ADM 101/118/2
68 Prior 1820, p. 49
69 Prior 1820, p. 54
70 Blane 1785, pp. 222–3
71 Blane 1785, p. 224
72 Spilsbury 1807, p. 17
73 Robertson 1777, p. 80
74 Robertson 1777, p. 80
75 Woolmer’s Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 18 May 1809
76 TNA ADM 101/118/1. This was February 1804 on board the Leviathan
77 Robertson 1807, p. 479
78 TNA ADM 101/118/1
79 TNA ADM 101/102/4
80 Thursfield 1951, p. 226
81 Brenton 1838, p. 256 fn
82 Thursfield 1951, p. 29
83 Blane 1785, p. 338
84 Pinckard 1806, pp. 42, 43–4
85 TNA ADM 101/85/7
86 TNA ADM 101/85/7
87 NMM manuscript AGC/30/6
88 TNA ADM 101/93/1
89 Lincoln and McEwen 1960, p. 14
90 Barrett 1841a, p. 457
91 Barrett 1841a, pp. 13–14
92 Barrett 1841a, p. 15
93 Morning Post 15 May 1815, in Dallas 1815, pp. 103–4
94 Morning Post 15 May 1815, in Dallas 1815, pp. 104–5
95 Thomas 1968, p. 179
96 Nicolas 1845, vol. 3, p. 475
97 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 148
98 Thursfield 1951, pp. 356
99 Aaron Thomas Papers, Special Collections, University of Miami Libraries
100 Forester 1954, p. 43
101 Aaron Thomas Papers
102 Aaron Thomas Papers
103 Aaron Thomas Papers
104 Finlayson 1952, p. 130
105 Finlayson 1952, p. 130
106 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 138
107 Blane 1785, pp. 109–10
108 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 147
109 Steele 1840, p. 9
110 Moody 1959, p. 235
TEN: AT LEISURE
1 Wheeler 1951, p. 47
2 Goodall 1860, pp. 51–2
3 Durand 1926, p. 59
4 Leech 1844, pp. 90–1
5 Gillett 1945, p. 67
6 Crawford 1851, vol. 1, p. 78
7 National Maritime Museum manuscript JOD/148
8 Hay 1953, p. 94
9 Buckingham 1855, p. 167. He calls him Emidee
10 Buckingham 1855, pp. 167–8
11 Buckingham 1855, pp. 168–9
12 The National Archives ADM 101/108/3
13 NMM manuscript JOD/148
14 Scott 1834, vol. 1, p. 40
15 British Library manuscript 45580 Blechynden Papers Vol. III ‘A Collection of Naval Songs, Odes, Cantatas Poems, &c. Compiled by Richard Blechynden 1781’
16 BL manuscript 45580 Blechynden Papers Vol. III
17 BL manuscript 45580 Blechynden Papers Vol. III
18 BL manuscript 45580 Blechynden Papers Vol. III
19 Watson 1827, p. 88
20 Leech 1844, pp. 72–3
21 Leech 1844, p. 74
22 Goodall 1860, pp. 51–2
23 Goodall 1860, p. 116
24 Goodall 1860, p. 117
25 Goodall 1860, pp. 117–18
26 Newnham Collingwood 1829, pp. 269–70
27 Thursfield 1951, p. 257
28 Comfort 2004, p. 44
29 Thomas 1968, p. 195
30 Goodall 1860, p. 32
31 Aaron Thomas Papers Special Collection, University of Miami Libraries
32 Aaron Thomas Papers
33 Thomas 1968, pp. 195–6
34 Wheeler 1951, p. 47. This was in 1811, on board the Revenge
35 Leech 1844, pp. 124–5
36 Sinclair 1857, p. 84
37 Aaron Thomas Papers
38 Thomas 1968, p. 154
39 Aaron Thomas Papers
40 Royal Naval Museum manuscript 1984/546, letter dated 20 May 1800
41 Leech 1844, p. 105
42 Stirling 1919, pp. 118–19
43 NMM manuscript WIL/1/4. He was master of the ship
44 Petrides and Downs 2000, p. 109
45 Fernyhough 1829, p. 57
46 Leech 1844, p. 104
47 Petrides and Downs 2000, p. 98. This letter was written in January 1806
48 Price 1984, p. 28
49 Price 1984, p. 31
50 Hoffman 1901, pp. 134–5
51 Aaron Thomas Papers
52 Bates 1868, p. 41
53 Hall 1846, series 2, p. 66
54 Sinclair 1857, pp. 28–9
55 Sinclair 1857, pp. 29–30
56 Sinclair 1857, p. 30
57 Pasley 1931, p. 128
58 Fremantle 1940, pp. 250–1
59 Fremantle 1940, p. 261
60 Robinson 1858, p. 49
61 Gardner 1906, pp. 42, 47
62 Scott 1834, vol. 2, pp. 233–6
63 Woolmer’s Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 27 July 1809
64 Crawford 1851, vol. 2, pp. 339–40
65 Crawford 1851, vol. 2, p. 340
66 Hall 1846, series 2, p. 73
67 Bonner-Smith 1942, p. 29
68 Letter in Upton collection, 09121wwsp. He was master of the Christian
69 Not the Hind, as Cochrane recorded in his memoirs
70 Dundonald 1861, p. 58
71 Petrides and Downs 2000, p. 122
72 Letter in Upton collection, 071123wwsp, dated 23 November 1807
73 NMM manuscript MSS/74/074: letter from Gibraltar Bay, 2 June 1808
74 NMM manuscript WIL/1/9: letter of 9 October 1807
75 Gardner 1906, pp. 133–4
76 Petrides and Downs 2000, pp. 90–1
77 Petrides and Downs 2000, p. 91
78 Fernyhough 1829, p. 151
79 Hay 1953, p. 96
80 Nicolas 1845, vol. 5, p. 238
81 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 111
82 Pasley 1931, p. 215. This was December 1781
83 Watson 1827, pp. 37–8
84 Leech 1844, pp. 57–8
85 Scott 1834, vol. 2, p. 223
86 Aaron Thomas Papers
87 Aaron Thomas Papers
88 Leech 1844, p. 102
89 Leech 1844, p. 109
90 Leech 1844, p. 112
91 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
92 Watson 1827, p. 149
93 Aaron Thomas Papers
94 Watson 1827, p. 92
95 Watson 1827, pp. 59–60
96 Hoffman 1901, pp. 32–3
97 Goodall 1860, p. 25
98 Nicolas 1844, p. 76
99 Leech 1844, p. 116
100 Goodall 1860, pp. 27–8
101 Goodall 1860, p. 28
102 Goodall 1860, p. 29
103 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
104 NMM manuscript AGC/P/17: letter to his mother, 12 June 1805
105 Leech 1844, pp. 115–16
106 Watson 1827, pp. 87–8
107 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 17
108 Hall 1846, series 1, p. 74
ELEVEN: GLORY AND HONOURS
1 National Maritime Museum manuscript SPB/15
2 NMM manuscript JOD/156
3 The Times 13 October 1798
4 Scott 1834, vol. 2, p. 167
5 NMM manuscript PHB/12
6 NMM manuscript PHB/12
7 Goodall 1860, pp. 113–14
8 Lee 1836, p. 50
9 Scott 1834, vol. 2, pp. 226–7
10 Dillon 1953, vol. 2, p. 237
11 Dillon 1953, vol. 1, p. 306
12 Sinclair 1857, p. 10
13 Royal Naval Museum manuscript 1995/48
14 Fremantle 1940, vol. 3, p. 369
15 RNM manuscript 2001/57. Acheson died at Dublin in 1849/50
16 Goodall 1860, pp. 35–6
17 Naval Chronicle 34, 1815, pp. 480–1
18 Scott 1834, vol. 3, p. 372
19 The Times 19 September 1815
20 Firth 1908, p. 228
21 Morning Chronicle 31 March 1815
22 Bell’s Weekly Messenger 16 October 1814
23 The Times 19 February 1821
24 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
25 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
26 NMM manuscript MSS/73/075
27 Illustrated London News 13 April 1844, p. 233
28 Illustrated London News 13 April 1844, p. 233
29 Illustrated London News 13 April 1844, p. 233
30 Illustrated London News 13 April 1844, p. 233
31 The Times 11 December 1872
32 The Times 18 December 1872
33 Bristol Mirror 17 December 1864
34 The Times 6 January 1873, letter from the vicar (H.P. Jeston) with the headline ‘A Trafalgar Veteran’
35 Robinson 1836, p. 105
36 Nicolas 1845, vol. 2, p. 402
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