[Royal Navy, 1838.] Manuscript ‘Return of Treasure conveyed’ by HMS Dublin (Captain Robert Tait), flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, Commander-in-Chief of the South American station. Signed by Ralph Barton, Senior Lieutenant.

The 1812 HMS Dublin was the third Royal Navy ship of that name. At the time of this document she was a 40-gunner, and the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the South American station Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Hamond (1779-1862). See the entries on Barton, Hamond and Tait in O’Byrne’s ‘Naval Biographical Dictionary’ (1849), and Hamond’s in the Oxford DNB. 1p, landscape foolscap 8vo. Aged and creased. Docketed on reverse: ‘Dublin / Treasure conveyed. / 31. March 1838. / E1/1 / Entd 2d. April. / W Let’. Headed: ‘A Return of Treasure conveyed in Her Majesty’s Ship Dublin, Robert Tait, Esquire, Captain, between the 1st. day of January, and the 31st. day of March 1838, to answer the provisions of the Freight Proclamations.’ The entry is arranged in a table, with columns for: Ship’s Name, Captain’s Name; Received [three columns: When; From Whom; At what place], Consigned [two columns: To whom; To what place]; Species of Treasure, or other Articles on which Freight is payable; Total amount received on board, noting whether, certain or estimated; Rate per Cent; Where landed, or to what vessel transhipped. If unshipped, to be inserted as a new Shipment; Greenwich Hospital Proportion; Name and Address of the Agent authorized to give information respecting the proportion due to the Hospital.’ Signed at bottom right for ‘Sick. Captain. / Ralph Barton. Senior Lieutenant.’