Beschreibung:

JACKSON [later DUCKETT], Sir George, first baronet (1725-1822). A collection of his naval papers, dated 1756-1799, comprising approximately 54 letters, documents and receipts, many with address leaves; including JACKSON, George, autograph letter signed to William Pitt Lord Chatham, Navy Office, 10 November 1766, on his appointment to Deputy to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and autograph letters signed from: STEPHENS, Sir Philip, (1723-1809), First secretary to the Admiralty from 1763 (four, 1773) on matters for the Navy Board; Lord NORTH, in third person, summoning Jackson for 'a little conversation... respecting the Command of the Shoreham Cutter' (Downing Street, 1774 and 1776); Samuel BARRINGTON (on Bryne's reprimand, 1776); Hester PITT, Lady CHATHAM (1720-1803) (Pynsent, 1786, on the appointment of her son to the command of the Hornet Sloop); JERVIS, John, Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823), Foudroyant, Plymouth, 10 May 1776, then Captain, on the limits of engagement for his vessel set by Lord Sandwich (the Foudroyant was the French prize Jervis had brought home from the Mediterranean in 1758, the largest two-decked ship in the Royal Navy); HALE (1782, written just before Jackson was dismissed from the Admiralty, referring to Lord Keppel); HOOD, Samuel, first Viscount (1724-1816) (Portsmouth, 30 September 1787, on his new appointment and Lord Howe); [Lord CHATHAM] (1789); ARBUTHNOT, Marriot (1711-1794), (Gardiner's Bay, 6 October 1780, on George Rodney's conduct); BLANE, Sir Gilbert (two letters, 1781); and papers from the navy's administration and practices of the Fleet, concerning wages and rates for officers and surgeons. Bound, modern leather. An important collection of naval letters from the papers of George Jackson the prominent Admiralty offical and advocate of the Fleet, after whom James Cook named Point Jackson, New Zealand, and Port Jackson, Australia. Letters from prominent naval and political figures cast light on important events in Jackson's career, which was blighted by his involvment in the aftermath of the court martial of Admiral Augustus Keppel. Jackson prosecuted Keppel's accuser in 1779, which led to his persecution by Keppel who later dismissed him from the Admiralty. Here, a letter from Hale, written a month before the dismissal, observes 'I waited upon Lord Kepple, and urged the popular conduct of your relations in Yorkshire, your long services, and even your own good wishes towards the present administration ... I had the mortification to understand that your removal was consider'd as a measure absolutely necessary'. Also included is a letter written by the prominent naval officer and colonial governor, Marriot Arbuthnot, from Gardiner's Bay, Long Island, commenting on the conduct of Admiral Sir George Rodney, commander in the Leeward Islands, who on 14 September 1780 took the extraordinary step of leaving his squadron to assume control of the North American station. 'Arbuthnot's valid protest, that Rodney was motivated principally by the squadron's prize money, failed to convince. At that time blockading Rhode Island (captured by the French in July 1780), Arbuthnot has been further criticized for a strategy which saw him, despite receiving strong and timely reinforcements, confined to a watchful defence in Gardiner's Bay at the New England end of Long Island.' (ODNB)