Journals of Samuel and Julian Alleyne Baker

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. c. 869, e. 1391-2, g. 353-4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1815-73
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 5 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

The collection consists of:

  • Journal of Samuel Baker on a voyage to Jamaica, 7 Oct. 1815-29 May 1816
  • Diaries of Julian Alleyne Baker on the Khedive's expedition, 1869-73

Administrative / Biographical History

Samuel Baker sailed to Jamaica on the Bernard, 1815-16. Julian Alleyne Baker took part in the Khedive's expedition to suppress the slave trade in Egypt and the Sudan, 1869-73.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The collection was bequeathed to the Library by Dr J.R. Baker, 1984.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.