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Hughes, Thomas, b 1807 : Surgeon's log of the Clifford / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson (transcription of MS-Papers-4203)
- Date
- 13 Dec 1841-13 May 1842
- By
- Hughes, Thomas, 1807-Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-
- Reference
- MS-Papers-7154
- Description
The logbook describes the passengers' health and details of treatment and includes observations on the weather and the voyage. The medical comforts, list of stores and a chart detailing daily rates of sailing which are at the back of the original log have not been transcribed.
Dr Thomas Hughes was the Surgeon Superintendent on board the New Zealand Company vessel `Clifford' during her voyage to Wellington and Nelson. The ship left Gravesend on 18 December 1841 and arrived at Nelson, its final destination, on 11 May 1842.
Accompanying material - Explanatory notes about the transcript; Passenger list and pages relating to the voyage from `Pioneer passengers' by June E Neale [1982]
Quantity: 1 folder(s) (29 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Typescript
- Additional description
Alternative form available: A digital copy is available at MSDL-1265. Copy of transcript also held by NZ Society of Genealogists. Another typed transcript is held by Nelson Provincial Museum and is available on Micro-MS-0676
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection / Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945- : Research papers and transcripts
- Format
- 1 folder(s) (29 leaves), 0.01 Linear Metres, Diaries, Personal narratives, Transcriptions (Documents), Typescripts, Typescript
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