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Kings MS 213

Record Id:

040-002017156

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002016915

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x000200

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Kings MS 213

Title:

JOURNAL of an officer [of the 66th Regiment] who travelled over a part of the West Indies and of North America in the course of 1764 and 1765.

Scope & Content:

Journal believed to be by Lord Adam Gordon, but not in his hand. The author briefly describes the people, manners, products, government, defences, &c., of the principal places which he visited on his route, which was to Madeira, Antigua, St. Christopher, Jamaica, northward through Yucatan Channel and the Gulf of Mexico to Pensacola, Santa Rosa, Mobile, and Isle Dauphin on the northern coast of the GuIf, southward to Cuba (where he was not allowed to land) through the Gulf of Florida, along the east coast of Florida, through the seaboards of Georgia S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; across the lastnamed province to Lake Ontario, Niagara, Lake Erie, down the R. St. Lawrence to Montreal and Quebec, Lake Champlain, Lake George, through Connecticut and Massachusetts to Boston, Newport, and New York, whence he sailed for England, 14 Oct. 1765. Besides his remarks on Canada on f 52 b the author has added (f. 59) 'some thoughts relative to Canada as it appeared affected in 1765'. Paper; ff. 69. Quarto. 9¹/₂ in. x 7¹/₄ in. XVIII cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

King's Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002016915
040-002017156

Is part of:

Kings MS 1-446 : King's Manuscripts

Kings MS 213 : JOURNAL of an officer [of the 66th Regiment] who travelled over a part of the West Indies and of North America in the course of 1764…

Hierarchy:

032-002016915[0135]/040-002017156

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Kings MS 1-446

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

Era:

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Material Type:

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Legal Status:

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Related Material:

The following views in the King's Topographical Collection are believed to have been made by Lord Adam Gordon, probably to accompany the journal:

VIEW of a VILLA near FUNCHAL in the Island of MADEIRA, April 1764.

Maps K.Top.117.123.c.

VIEW of the LOO ROCK near FUNCHAL in the Island of MADEIRA. April 1764.

Maps K.Top.117.123.d.

VIEW of a Cottage on the Island MASSACRE near the MOBILLE W. FLORIDA. Oct.r 1764.

Maps K.Top.122.94.2.

VIEW of the GOVERNOR'S house at ST. AUGUSTINE in E. FLORIDA. Nov.r 1764.

Maps K.Top.122.86.2.a.

VIEW From the GOVERNOR'S Windows in ST. AUGUSTINE E. FLORIDA. Nov.r 1764.

Maps K.Top.122.86.2.b.

VIEW of COCKSPUR FORT at the Entrance of Savanna River in GEORGIA. Dec.r 1764.

Maps K.Top.122.77.b.

VIEW of TIBY LIGHT HOUSE at the Entrance of SAVANNA River GEORGIA. Dec.r 1764.

Maps K.Top.122.77.c.

VIEW of OSWEGATCHEE on the RIVER ST. LAURENCE. July 1765.

Maps K.Top.121.78.2.

VIEW of the GREAT FALL at NIAGARA : 140 Feet high and 800 Feet over. July 1765.

Maps K.Top.121.118.b.

VIEW of the LESSER FALL at NIAGARA : From the Opposite Bank of the River. July 1765.

Maps K.Top.121.118.c.

VIEW of DE CHAMBAUT on the RIVER St LAURENCE above QUEBEC. August 1765.

Maps K.Top.119.43.7.

VIEW of LA LOR ETTE in CANADA Inhabited by Catholic Indians. August 1765.

Maps K.Top.119.43.8.

VIEW of the FALL of MONTMORANCI below QUEBEC : Upwards of 160 Feet High. August 1765.

Maps K.Top.119.44.a.

VIEW of BRISTOL NECK from TRIP'S in RHODE ISLAND September 1765.

Maps K.Top.120.44.

VIEW of HARLAEM from MORISANIA in the PROVINCE of NEW YORK Septem.r 1765.

Maps K.Top.121.45.2.