Letter [manuscript]. 1792.

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Letter [manuscript]. 1792.

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Letter addressed to John Fryer formerly master of HMS Bounty and presently master of a division of ships at Chatham, Douglas 10 July 1792 about Peter Heywood, acting midshipman on the Bounty then facing court martial for his part in the mutiny. This letter by J. Vose, a neighbour of Heywood's mother on the Isle of Man, includes an account from a transcript by Heywood concerning the mutiny and protesting his innocence of the charges laid against him. Heywood described how he woke to find the ship taken over by Fletcher Christian and Captain William Bligh taken prisoner.

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Heywood, Peter, 1773-1831

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Vose, J.

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Peter Heywood was taken to Tahiti with other mutineers who chose to return to England. They were picked up by the HMS Pandora and faced trial. Heywood was sentenced to death by court martial on 18 September 1792 but was reprieved by royal warrant. Heywood is also remembered for his compilations of the vocabulary of the Tahitian language which he made while awaiting for the ship HMS Pandora to take him to England. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1792. (Libraries Australia...

Fryer, John, 1752 or 1753-1817

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John Fryer was one of those cast adrift in the launch with William Bligh following the mutiny on the H.M.S. bounty. Fryer and Bligh were on poor terms because of the promotion of Fletcher Christian - in rank Fryer's subordinate, to the position of second in command of the vessel. From the description of Statement of service [manuscript]. 1839. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225632615 ...