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Blake (21  January  1828) Blake, Robert, Admiral Unable to identify specific title.
WG's History of the Commonwealth (8:415-21) discusses Admiral Blake's cruises against Spain in South America and his death in 1657. WG cites the following:
Thurloe, Vol. 6 [Collection of State Papers] (see annotation to WG's diary 1818-08-26)
Clarendon, Vol. III [History of the Rebellion] ( 1804-04-06)
Bates [aka Bate], Part II [Elenchus motuum] ( 1826-08-30)
Perfect Politician ( 1826-06-15)
[Wood] Athenae Oxoniensis, Vol. I [and] Fasti ( 1813-03-24)
Heath [Brief chronicle] ( 1826-08-15)
WG reads in the British Museum on this date. The British Library currently holds editions of all the cited materials.
See also WG's diary for 1818-08-15.

Mentions in the Diary

• 21  January  1828
• 19  June  1828