Letters to Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Bt., from Robert C. Broadley

Reference No:
U DDSY/101/67
Dates:
1795-1798
Description:
'[S]trong measure proposed by Mr. Pitt for manning the Navy'; parliamentary affairs; Keyingham Drainage; militia & volunteers; Driffield Navigation; 'The neighbourhood of Newcastle had got an idea that the French were to land on the Tyne', (22 July 1797); General Scott & Captain D'Arcy viewing the Holderness coast & defences of Hull (13 March 1797); banking, financial & estate affairs; ordering coach from Mr. O'Keefe (see 101/66); etc.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
c. 100 items
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere