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IOR/F/4/2391/128019
- Record Id:
- 041-003904386
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002225904
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122055244.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133282417.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2391/128019
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Wreck of the Ship “Mary Florence” off Cape Guardafui – Vol: 1’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Christopher Short; and Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay. It is the first in a series of three items on the wreck of the Mary Florence.
The item concerns the wreck of the Mary Florence off Cape Guardafui [Ras Asir] on 3 June 1850. The item contains descriptions of the wreck by Captain Short, who was commanding the vessel, and who attributes it to a lack of accuracy in his charts. Short also describes how his wife, two mates, and four other crew members were left behind at the Cape when the rope connecting the wreck to the shore broke or was cut. He claims this was a deliberate act by the local inhabitants who plundered the stores the crew had salvaged and left on shore.
The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Collection No 10 in 3 volumes’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002225904
041-003904386 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2391 : Board's Collections Vol 2391 nos 128005 to 128126
IOR/F/4/2391/128019 : ‘Aden. Wreck of the Ship “Mary Florence” off Cape Guardafui – Vol: 1’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2395]/040-002225904[0001]/041-003904386
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100122055244.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 10 Jul 1850-30 Aug 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 308, and terminates at f 324, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear of the item to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)