| Description | Entitled: 'Yacht Anna Marie'.
Letters mainly between Miss Sullivan (Lord Dudley's secretary) and Sir George Johnstone of the Solent Yacht Agency, Cowes.
Includes letters and copy replies regarding: forms and licences [Shipping Casualty Form and Wireless Licence, 25 Sep 1935; form relating to towing into Toulon, 26 Nov 1934; Ministry of Health form regarding the parrots on board M. Y. ‘Anna Marie’ and related correspondence, 29 Sep 1934; Insurance Policies, G. L. Watson & Co., Glasgow, 25 Jan 1934; Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, 8 Jan - 13 Jan 1934]; berths and stores [Peter du Cane, Messrs Vosper & Co. Ltd, Portsmouth, 24 Sep 1935; Solent Yacht Agency, Cowes, 26 Apr 1935]; photographs [Peter de Cane, 14 Aug - 23 Sep 1935]; equipment, accessories and stores [hot plate, Bertram Thomas, Worsley Street, Hulme, 23 Sep 1935 and Sir George Johnstone, Bt, Solent Yacht Agency, Cowes, 3 Jun 1935; cooker, Mr Hobbs, 9 Jul 1935; stores, Sir George Johnstone, 18 May - 21 May 1935 and Mr Hobbs, 9 Oct 1934; handles and coffee liqueur sets, Mr Hobbs, ‘Anna Marie’, 9 May - 13 May 1935; charts, Solent Yacht Agency, 8 May 1935; wireless, Sir George Johnstone, 4 Feb - 5 Feb 1935 and The Marconi International Marine Communication Company Ltd, with times of watchkeeping periods around Britain, 26 Apr - 18 Jul 1934; boat (Motor Launch), Sir George Johnstone and Vosper & Co. Ltd, Portsmouth, enclosing black and white photograph and specification, 12 Oct 1934 - 21 Jan 1935; personal items, Mr Hobbs, M.Y. ‘Anna Marie’, 3 Jul 1934 - 7 Nov 1934 and Sir George Johnstone, 19 Jun 1934; tableware and card table, Heal & Son Ltd, 193-198 Tottenham Court Road, London, 16 May - 20 Sep 1934 and Mr Hobbs, 6 Jul 1934; lamp standards, Davies & Johnston, 71B Bartholomew Close, London, 9 Aug 1934; Macassar Table, settee set and chairs, Davies & Johnston, 27 Apr - 5 Jun 1934 and Gates of London, Ltd , n.d.; lilo air mattresses, Benjamin Edgington, Silver & Edgington Ltd, 313 Regent Street, London, 7 Jun - 13 Jul 1934; uniforms, Monnery’s Ltd, 5 Billiter Street, London, 15 Jun - 10 Jul 1934; cigars, Messrs Selfridge & Co., Ltd, 23 Jun 1934; armchairs, Messrs Pel Ltd, Oldbury, Birmingham, 8 Jun - 23 Jun 1934; books, Messrs Selfridge & Co., 12 Jun 1934; Sunray Clock, Tyme Ltd, 5 New Bond Street, London, 22 May - 8 Jun 1934; launch, Vosper & Co. Ltd and Sir George Johnstone, 26 May - 2 Jun 1934; light fittings, Troughton & Young Ltd, 143 Knightsbridge, London, 29 May 1934; interiors, Marion V Dorn, 139 Swan Court, Chelsea, 17 May - 27 May 1934; interior designs, Sir George Johnstone, 15 Jan - 26 May 1934; utensils, Sir George Johnstone, 15 May 1934 and G. L. Watson & Co., Glasgow, 25 Jan 1934; carpets from Carpet Trades Ltd, Kidderminster, G. F. Huntzer, Esq., 7 May - 12 May 1934; silver, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Ltd, Sheffield (Bank Buildings, London), 9 Mar - 5 May 1934; ‘Jolly Boat’, Vosper & Co. Ltd, 14 Mar 1934; and dingy, Sir George Johnstone, 29 Jan 1934].
Also refers to repairs and upkeep [The Solent Yacht Agency, Cowes and Sir George Johnstone, with specifications, 1 Jan 1934 - 20 May 1935; Magneto Repair Depot, 22 Bedford Place, Southampton, 20 Apr 1935; Norris, Henty & Gardners Ltd, with request for account payment, 13 Oct 1934 - 28 Feb 1935; J. Samuel White & Co. Ltd, Shipbuilders, Engineers & Repairers, Southampton, with specification, 26 Jan 1935]; yachts for sale [‘Princess’ late Sir James Inotts, by Barnett Care, 25 Jul 1935]; locations of yacht/charter [D. Munro, Master, ‘Anna Marie’, 2 Jul - 4 Jul 1935; Sir George Johnstone, 27 Apr 1934 - 22 May 1935; Capt. F. Weldon Walshe, R. Y. S., Cowes, 14 May - 16 May 1934]; employment and staff on board, including rules for duties [The Solent Yacht Agency, Cowes, 10 Apr - 17 Jun 1935; reference for Henry Scardifield, 25 Oct - 30 Oct 1934; regarding Edmiston, Sir George Johnstone, 25 Aug - 8 Oct 1934; various, 3 Feb - 12 May 1934]; sales and purchases of yachts [The Solent Yacht Agency, 21 Jan - 12 Jun 1935; to Sir George Johnstone from ‘Buck’, Durton, Natal, South Africa, regarding sale of the ‘Miriel’, Jan 1935; ‘Forrrard Away’, John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd, 16 Jun 1934; ‘Flying Toy’, Cowes Yacht Agency, 1 Mar - 2 May 1934 and Messrs Marvin & Sons, Ltd, 6 Mar 1934]; illuminating of yacht for Naval Review [Sir George Johnstone, 26 Apr - 12 May 1935]; dues and accounts [Light Dues, 1 Apr 1935; accounts with Sir George Johnstone, 1 Jan 1934 - 12 Jan 1935; deposit for work done at H. M. Dockyard, Gibraltar, 19 Oct - 1 Dec 1934; G. L. Watson & Co., Glasgow, 12 Jan - 27 Apr 1934; Messrs Lankester & Crook, Ltd, 8 Feb - 6 Mar 1934; Alexander Robertson & Sons (Yachtbuilders) Ltd, 6 Feb – 7 Feb 1934]; and Mediterranean Cruise [Sir George Johnstone, including list of Admiralty Charts, 10 May 1934]. |