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Place Pitcairn Island, Pacific Ocean

1. Add MS 35141

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AUTOGRAPH JOURNAL of Lieut. George Peard, first lieutenant on H.M.S. Blossom (Commander Frederick William Beechey) during a cruise to the Pacific and Behring's Straits in 1825-1828, including a visit to Pitcairn Island. The narrative of John Adam, alias Alexander Smith, a survivor of the mutineers of the Bounty, was first obtained in full on this occasion and is here given at some length (ff. 10 b-20). Cf. Captain Beechey's Voyage to the Pacific, London, 1831. Paper; ff. 104. Quarto.
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Voyages and Travels: Journal of H.M.S. " Blossom's" Voyage in the Pacific, etc.: 1825-1828. Lieutenant George Peard, R N: Journal, on H.M.S. "Blossom": 1825 - 1828. Navy; England: Journal of 1st Lieut. on H.M.S. " Blossom": 1825-1828. includes: f. 10 b Pitcairn Island: Account of: 1825. f. 1...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1831
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1 item

2. Add MS 36652 A-K

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AUTOGRAPH LETTERS and miscellaneous papers; A.-Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, to his son " the Lord Henry Cromwell," remonstrating with him for deeming Fleetwood an enemy, and referring to Lieut.-Col. Brafeild's business and Lord Broghill's account thereof; 13 Oct. 1657. Hologr. f. 1. B.-Generals George Monck and Robert Blake to ',the Lord General Cromwell," describing the second day's action (3 June) with the Dutch off the Gabbard (in which Admiral Richard Deane was killed, though no refe...
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includes: f. 1 Henry Cromwell, son of the Protector: Letter to, from his father: 1657. f. 1 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to his son Henry: 1657. f. 3 Oliver Cromwell of England: Letter to, from Generals Monck and Blake: 1653. f. 3 General Robert Blake: Letter to 0. Cromwell: 1653. f. 3 Ge...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14th century-19th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 49592

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HALIFAX PAPERS. Vol. LXII (ff. 68). Memoranda of Lord Halifax, mostly as First Lord of the Admiralty; 1854-circa 1864. includes: ff. 1, 3, 66 India: Papers rel. to budgets: 1854, circa 1864.ff. 13, 15, 21, 25 Admiral Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, KCB: Despatches by: 1855: Extrac...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 88619

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Add MS 88619
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Pitcairn Island. Correspondence and travel journals relating to Pitcairn Island; 1877-1903. The papers give first-hand accounts of the domestic, social and religious lives of the inhabitants of Pitcairn. Presented by Mrs Diana Taylor and Miss Heather Congdon, great great great nieces of Anne Georgina Stevens, October 2008. Paper. 1. Copy of a letter from Rosalind Young, Pitcairn Island, to the Rev. William Blowen Keen, Acting British Chaplain, Valparaiso;16 May 1879. Rev. Keen sent You...
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Diaries and Memoranda: Notes on a journey from Sydney to the Torres Strait Islands: 1885. Diaries and Memoranda: Anne Georgina Stevens, of Plymouth, county Devon: Diary of travels in Australia, Chile, and Pitcairn Island by Anne Georgina Stevens: 1877-1878. Anne Georgina Stevens, of Plymouth, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1999
Extent:
1 item