IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 AUS
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Austen family
Date(s): [1786-1852]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 137 cms
Name of creator(s): Austen | Charles John | 1779-1852 | Rear Admiral Austen | Sir | Francis William | 1774-1865 | Knight | Admiral Of The Fleet
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
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CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Francis William Austen, 1774-1865, they cover almost all Austen's active service from his entrance into the Royal Naval Academy, 1786, until the end of his commission as Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, 1848, and include official log books, 1795 to 1814; letter books, 1801 to 1814, 1845 to 1848; order books, 1807 to 1813, 1829 to 1848, and loose papers, which are mainly general remarks and notes.
Diaries of Charles John Austen: a complete series of sixty-three diaries kept between 1 January 1815 and 31 December 1852.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
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Conditions governing reproduction:
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Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26