Barham – Page 4 – My Waters Family

From Thomas Waters Sr. to his wife Elizabeth Waters (February 5, 1834)

February 5, 1834Letters

[Thomas Waters. R.M., to his wife, Elizabeth] [The second half of the letter, containing the address, has been torn off. The sheet of paper is stamped § "London Superfine".] 21…

From Thomas Waters Sr. to his wife Elizabeth Waters (April 20, 1834)

April 20, 1834Letters

[Thomas Waters. R.M., to his wife. Elizabeth] Addressed to Mrs Waters, 21 Mulgrave Place, Woolwich, Kent 22 H.M.S.Barham Spithead 20 April 1834 My Dear Wife, Your letter of the 1st…

From Thomas Waters Sr. to his wife Elizabeth Waters (April 27, 1834)

April 27, 1834Letters

[Thomas Waters. R.M., to his wife. Elizabeth] Addressed to Mrs Waters, 21 Mulgrave Place, Woolwich, Kent H.M.S.Barham Chatham 27 April 1834 My Dear Wife We arrived at the Little Nore…

From Elizabeth Waters to her husband Thomas Waters Sr. (April 28, 1834)

April 28, 1834Letters

[Elizabeth Waters, née Butterworth. to her husband, Thomas Waters R.M.]Addressed to Capt.T.Waters R.M., H.M.S.Barham, Chatham, Kent Mulgrave Place Ap 28 - 1834 My dearest love You have surprised me much…

From Thomas Waters Jr. to his parents, Elizabeth Waters and Thomas Waters Sr. (January 25, 1850)

January 25, 1850Letters

[Thomas Waters to his parents] [from a transcript] 32 25 January 1850 Digby. Nova Scotia Dear Father and Mother Hoping a happy Christmas and New Year has passed…

Sketch of H.M.S. Barham

March 14, 2023Artifacts, Photographs

Thomas Waters Jr.'s sketch of his father’s ship H.M.S. Barham is annotated “Papa’s ship.” Thomas Sr. was on Barham in 1830. Picture is in Amaret (Dakin) Waters' scrapbook. The annotation…

Sketch of H.M.S. Barham (1833)

May 23, 2023Photographs, Source Documents

The HMS Barham, sketched during a squall on the morning of October 26, 1833. Part of a series of sketches by Charles Frederick de Brocktorff of Barham that year. Public…

Sir Walter Scott (1830)

May 23, 2023Photographs, Source Documents

A portrait of the famous author Sir Water Scott and his deerhound “Bran” painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1830, near the time of his voyage on Barham. Thomas…

H.M.S. Barham Saluting Sultan of Ottoman Empire

May 23, 2023Photographs, Source Documents

Barham saluting the Mahmud II, Sultan of the great Ottoman Empire, in the Bay of Bosporus near Topikapi Palace in 1832. Thomas Waters Sr. was on this voyage and wrote…