MANUSCRIPT
Rev Basil Kirke Taylor - Diary
- Date
- 1847-1851
- Reference
- MSX-5571
- Description
Inscribed inside front cover `Basil Kirke Taylor, August 10 1847, from his papa, Wellington'
The journal was started when he was 16 years old. At the age of 19 Basil was sent to England to further his education at his father's college, Queen's, at Cambridge. He travelled to England on the `John Wesley' accompanied by Archdeacon William Williams, departing Nov 1850.
Includes list of letters written and received, Sep 1847-Apr 1849
Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Sketches: Off Cape Horn, 5 Feb 1851; insects; Deigo Ramirey as seen from the John Wesley, 4 Feb 1851; Island of Trinidad at noon, 5 Mar 1851; flying fish, 20 Mar 1851
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- Part of
- Taylor family : Papers
- Format
- 1 volume(s), Personal narratives, Manuscripts, Illustration: Sketches: Off Cape Horn, 5 Feb 1851; insects; Deigo Ramirey as seen from the John Wesley, 4 Feb 1851; Island of Trinidad at noon, 5 Mar 1851; flying fish, 20 Mar 1851
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