Elbridge Webster: Maritime journal, commonplace book

This material is held atCambridge University Library

  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.9640
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1850-1859 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume(s) 1 volume, paper paper

Scope and Content

105 pages, including back board. Volume begins as journal, to page 21, then has poetry, pp23-32, and is then blank until page 88, from which point it is entirely newspaper and similar offcuts pasted in to the volume, many of which themselves being of poetry.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by Dr Mark Kaplanoff, Pembroke College, 2002.

Other Finding Aids

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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Loose sheets, damaged spine