Records relating to British maritime activities in northwestern North America [manuscript], 1770-1870.

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Records relating to British maritime activities in northwestern North America [manuscript], 1770-1870.

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Photocopies and microfilm of letters, reports, and other documents in the Public Record Office, London, England, relating to British voyages and other maritime activities in northwestern North America, primarily in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Includes materials relating to: George Vancouver, Archibald Menzies, William Gooch, Richard Hergest, William Bligh, Philip Stephens, James Cook, Charles Clerke, Frederick Hickey, William Black, George Francis Seymour, Geoffrey Phipps Hornby, Henry W. Bruce, R. L. Baynes, Thomas Maitland, John Kingcome, John Wallace Sunderland Spencer, Joseph Denman, G. F. Hastings, A. Farquar, J. W. Scott, T. Heddington, Peter Puget, J. Johnstone, J. Sheriff, Thomas Manby, Lionel Hill, William Mules, James Colnett, William Charlton, John Watts, George Gilbert, James King, William Anderson, Mathew Paul, William Taylor, William Harvey, John Williamson, James Burney, Edward Rieu, William Bayly, Thomas Edgar, John Henry Martin, William Shuttleworth, Spelman Swaine, John Sykes, Harry Humphreys, V.V. Ballard, Robert Pigot, H. M. Orchard, Joseph Baker, Henry Roberts, Joseph Whidby, and Thomas Manby. Copies of ships' logbooks include those for HMS Daedalus, Blossom, Racoon, Chatham, Resolution, Discovery, Dover, Daphne, Drake, and Prevost.

.8 cubic feet (1 flat box, 33 reels of microfilm)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Blossom (Ship)

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