Item 01: Log book of the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1 February-1 November 1796
Item 01: Log book of the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1 February-1 November 1796
Item 01: Log book of the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1 February-1 November 1796
About this item
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Date
1 February-1 November 1796
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 7491 (Safe 1/242)
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Physical Description
Contents
0.07 metres of textual material (1 volume in box) - manuscript
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Level of description
Item
Access and use
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Transcript available online - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D14882/a1194.pdf
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Daily log of the Marquis Cornwallis from 1 February to 1 November 1796. The folio log is enclosed in a sailcloth cover which is lettered in ink: 'Ship Marqs. Cornwallis. Log book 1795 & 1796'. The log records courses, speeds, wind, weather, latitudes, and daily events on the ship including work done by sailors and convicts. It also records sighting...
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Full title
Item 01: Log book of the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1 February-1 November 1796
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Notes
General note
The first part of the log which would have included details of the mutiny was probably detached and used at the Court of Enquiry. It is not known to have survived. The log from Calcutta to England is held in the India Records Office in London.
Microfilm copy available at CY 4569, frames 1-81.
Digital order no:Album ID : 823473
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 7491 (Safe 1/242)
Record Identifier
Yezd3kp9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yezd3kp9
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Reference code
442748
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