Chart of "Line of Batle [sic]" with instructions for communication by signals, sent by Vice-Admiral Sir Stafford Fairborne, commanding twelve Royal Navy ships in the North Atlantic off Kingsale, Ireland, to Captain Miles [i.e. Josian Mighells] in preparation for British battle with French ships during the Spanish War of Succession. Written aboard the HMS Medway in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Kingsale, Ireland.

Letters to and from Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707), naval officer and Admiral of the Fleet for Great Britain during the War of the Spanish Succession, as well as an engraving and list of ships sailing under Shovell's command in 1703.

Collection of letters, receipts, and other items involving members of the Marlborough family of the 17th and 18th centuries, collected from various sources by Kenneth Spencer Research Library staff.