Account by Captain Furlong, a passenger, of the wreck of the ship Blendenhall, bound for Bombay, on Inaccessible Island 23 July 1821 and the experiences of the survivors until their arrival at the Cape of Good Hope 21 January 1822

B 1372

fonds

ca. 1849

931571

Microfilm : CY 2460, frames 94-146

1 volume of textual material - manuscript

Richard Tasker Furlong (ca. 1800-1852) served in the Royal Navy, but was probably travelling as a passenger on the Blendenhall when it was shipwrecked in 1821. He later joined the British Army, holding the rank of Lieutenant in the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment from January 1826 and the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment from 1830. He subsequently joined the 80th Regiment, holding the rank of Captain when the Regiment transferred from England to Australia during the 1830s. He arrived in Sydney with his wife and four children in July 1837.

Reference:
Information provided by Alan Tierney

Donor descended from Furlong's younger daughter. Reference: Information provided by Alan Tierney

Manuscript account titled ‘The wreck of the Blendenhall’, written in a notebook with pages watermarked 1849. It is unsigned and undated.

Copyright status:: In copyright

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-125A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

A further manuscript copy of the account, written in a different hand, is located at MLMSS 3305. It is not known which, if either, of these accounts is the original.

Unsigned. Paper watermarked 'Warren & Sons 1849'