Journal of John Pearson, Advocate General of Bengal, 1824, 1824 March 21-1824 July 29.

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Journal of John Pearson, Advocate General of Bengal, 1824, 1824 March 21-1824 July 29.

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Manuscript diary, in pen and brown ink, kept by John Pearson during his sea voyage from England to Calcutta in 1824. Included is the heavily corrected first draft of the manuscript in two volumes and his edited fair copy, in one volume. The draft version occupies about 160 pages in volume 1 and 60 pages in volume 2; in both volumes, versos are usually blank, except where Pearson has written additional material to be added to the text on the facing recto. There are frequent corrections throughout both volumes. The fair copy version is written on 166 pages (rectos and versos) of the third volume. Included is the heavily corrected first draft of the manuscript in two volumes and his original fair copy in full calf. There is a stop in Maderia for a few days and covers the dates of March 21 - June 29, 1824. -- " events from 21 March 1824, when he and his family departed from the Isle of Wight, to 29 July 1824, when they arrived at their new house in Calcutta. The entries describe the sea journey, Madeira, the Comoros Islands, first impressions of India on landing at Madras, and the journey from Madras to Calcutta. "

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Pearson, John, 1771-1841.

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John Pearson (1771-1841) was Advocate General of Bengal from 1824 to 1840. A graduate of Oxford (1789) and Lincoln's Inn (1802), he was the eldest child of Thomas Pearson of Tettenhall, Staffordshire. Pearson married Jane-Elizabeth-Matilda Hooke on 21 Dec 1802, and subsequently practiced as a barrister at Tettenhall and London, until the East India Company appointed him Advocate-General of Bengal in 1824. He sailed with his family for Calcutta in April of that year. In ill health, he returned to...