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957552
  • Title
    Oral tradition regarding the genealogy of James Morrison, Boatswain's Mate on HMS Bounty in 1789, by James Shaw Grant, 1982
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLDOC 3434
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1982
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    957552
  • Physical Description
    1 folder of textual material - typescript
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    James Morrison was convicted of the crime of mutiny, but was strongly recommended for mercy. He was later drowned on the Blenheim in 1807

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    MLDOC envelope
  • Scope and Content
    A discussion, in 1982, of the oral tradition handed down independently by two separate families on the Isle of Lewis, off the coast of Scotland, that Morrison was a Lewisman
  • Description source

    Compiled from the Manuscripts MLDOCs (2-307C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
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