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446722
  • Title
    Geoffrey Ingleton ephemera, notes and cuttings pertaining to Captain Thomas Watson, 1839-1920, [compiled ca. 1955]
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLMSS 7564/Box 1X
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1839-1920 [compiled ca. 1955]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    446722
  • Physical Description
    0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) includes photographs
    Textual Records - (manuscript)
    Textual Records - (photocopy)
    Clippings
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Captain Thomas Watson (1795-1879) was master of the schooner Essington, Harbour Master of Port Jackson and member of the Pilot Board NSW.
  • Scope and Content
    Album compiled by Geoffry Ingleton containing newscuttings, photocopies of letters, photographs and an original letter from Watson. Subjects include the statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park, Watson's rescue of Joseph Forbes from Timor Laut, the fate of Cook's ship the Endeavour, the defences of Sydney Harbour, and the clipper Sea Witch.
  • General note

    The bookplate of G.& N. Ingleton is stuck to the inside front cover.
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