- MS 1521/4/18;BJ Letter to John Brown, undated [Regarding James Weddell]
Ruthin, correspondence
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 Sam Ruthin/Correspondence
- Dates of Creation
- [19th century]
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- Letter
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Brown and his son John Allan Brown collected material on Weddell, the correspondence is likely to have been in answer to a request for information on the captain who during a voyage of 1822-1824 on board the brig Jane sailed to 74° south.