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Mss Eur F497
- Record Id:
- 032-002296542
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002296542
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000074.0x00003d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F497
- Title:
- Letters from Capt William Wilson (1715-95)
- Scope & Content:
- Letters from Capt William Wilson (1715-1795), East India Company Maritime Service, 1729-62 , to his wife Rachel, on two voyages while in command of the EIC ships Suffolk 1756-1757 and Pitt 1758-1760, during which Wilson discovered the Pitt Passage to China; letters from Rachel Wilson to her husband, dated 1758 and some later biographical notes
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002296542", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F497: Letters from Capt William Wilson (1715-95)" },{ "id" : "040-002296543", "parent" : "032-002296542", "text" : "Mss Eur F497/1: Chronology of Capt William Wilson s career Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296544", "parent" : "032-002296542", "text" : "Mss Eur F497/2: Letters from Capt William Wilson to his wife Rachel, from two voyages while in command of EIC ships Suffolk and Pitt" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296545", "parent" : "032-002296542", "text" : "Mss Eur F497/3a: Letters from Rachel Wilson to her husband" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296546", "parent" : "032-002296542", "text" : "Mss Eur F497/3b: Biographical notes on Capt William Wilson Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002296542
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F497/1 : Chronology of Capt William Wilson s career Dated as: no date
Mss Eur F497/2 : Letters from Capt William Wilson to his wife Rachel, from two voyages while in command of EIC ships Suffolk and Pitt
Mss Eur F497/3a : Letters from Rachel Wilson to her husband
Mss Eur F497/3b : Biographical notes on Capt William Wilson Dated as: no date
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- 032-002296542
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F497
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1756
- End Date:
- 1760
- Date Range:
- 1756-1760
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 10 June 2004
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- East India Company, 1600-1858
Wilson, Rachel, née Jackson
Wilson, William, Captain - Places:
- China, Asia