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Reproductions of Admiralty Office records in the Public Record Office (now The National Archives), 1688-1860, chiefly relate to the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods and the War of 1812. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence, logbooks, journals, musters, reports, despatches, and orders. Topics include British military readiness, Admiralty courts and their jurisdiction, legal matters, the French and Indian War, military engagements, piracy, slavery, trade, taxation, smuggling, and captured ships. The collection chiefly relates to North America, particularly the Eastern seaboard and the West Indies.
Great Britain. Admiralty Records, 1688-1860.The below guide to this collection is provided by Manuscript Reading Room staff. Users with additional questions regarding navigation and access to the collection are encouraged to request assistance through Ask a Librarian.
Arrangement of the records follows the order of the original documents in Great Britain, as reflected in the list linked below.
List of Admiralty Records Preserved in the Public Record Office by The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.
Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain by A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to American History in British Depositories Reproduced for the Division of Manuscripts of the Library of Congress by Guide to the Materials in London Archives for the History of the United States since 1783 by 
