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Hughes, Thomas, b 1807 : Surgeon's log of the Clifford / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson (electronic transcription of MS-Papers-4203)
- Date
- 13 Dec 1841-13 May 1842 (2001)
- By
- Hughes, Thomas, 1807-Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-
- Reference
- MSDL-1265
- 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.
Accompanying material - Explanatory notes about the transcript; Passenger list and pages relating to the voyage from `Pioneer passengers' by June E Neale [1982]
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
Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Finding Aids: Part of SBDD project (Shipboard diary digitisation).
- Additional description
Alternative form available: A hardcopy of the transcription is at MS-Papers-7154. 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 Electronic document(s), Diaries, Electronic records (Digital records), Personal narratives, Transcriptions (Documents), Electronic documents
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Hughes, Thomas, 1807-. Hughes, Thomas, b 1807 : Surgeon's log of the Clifford / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson (electronic transcription of MS-Papers-4203). Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection. Ref: MSDL-1265. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23243053More information can be found in our terms of use.