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- Creator
- Roper, Charles Donnison
- Call number
- MssCol 2625
- Physical description
- .08 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Logbook of the H.M.S. Camperdown, H.M.S. Blenheim, H.M.S. Achilles, and H.M.S. Wanderer, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
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Charles Donnison Roper, a midshipman in the British Navy, kept this logbook of the H.M.S. Camperdown, H.M.S. Blenheim, H.M.S. Achilles, and H.M.S. Wanderer. Entries for the Camperdown date January 1-March 29, 1894, as the ship traveled from Smyrna to Malta. Entries for the Blenheim date November 15, 1894-February 24, 1895, when the ship traveled from Malto to Gibraltar, Portsmouth, Halifax, and back to Gibraltar. Entries for the Achilles date February 25-March 9, 1895, when the ship traveled from Gibraltar to Portsmouth. Entries for the Wanderer date March 10-June 13, 1895, when the ship traveled from Portsmouth to Portland. Seven drawings are inserted in the volume
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328