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Mss Eur F634
- Record Id:
- 032-001605906
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001605906
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000118
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F634
- Title:
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Digital documents: papers of Commodore William Wilson (1715-1795), East India Company naval officer 1729-1762, Captain of ships Suffolk and Pitt, known primarily for his successful action against the French in 1757, and his discovery and documentation of Pitt’s Passage, a new easterly route to Canton passing through the islands west of New Guinea.
- Scope & Content:
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1. Typescript: Chronological summary of Wilson’s career
2. Internet print-out: Commodore William Wilson of Great Ayton (1715-1795), from website www.historic-cleveland.co.uk/topics
3. Photocopies: “The Diary of Ralph Jackson (1736-1790) Part IV: Commodore William Wilson of Great Ayton. Extract from “Cooks Log” Vol 21 No 2 (1998)
4. Five CDs of Wilson papers: largely family letters from Wilson’s later life, 1780 onwards, including many household papers and private notes about earlier events.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001605906
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F634/1 : Commodore William Wilson papers
Mss Eur F634/2 : Commodore William Wilson papers
Mss Eur F634/3 : Commodore William Wilson papers
Mss Eur F634/4 : Commodore William Wilson papers on CD
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- 032-001605906
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F634
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 CD, 3 sets of typescripts
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1795
- Date Range:
- 1780-1795
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
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Donated by Cliff Thornton and Chris Barrow, 2003-2004
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- East India Company, 1600-1858
Wilson, William, East India Company Maritime Service, 1715-1795 - Related Material:
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Mss Eur F497; Mss Eur F507