A typescript letter (with brief manuscript end-note), dated 25 October 1928, from W. G. Perrin of the Society for Nautical Research to an undisclosed recipient enclosing a transcript, c. 1823, of a letter, dated 1 August 1823, written aboard HMS Fury by William Harvey Hooper, ship's purser. HMS Fury, under the captaincy of William Edward Parry, was on an exploratory voyage to seek out the Northwest Passage.
Hooper's letter contains a sketch map of part of the voyage (f. 6) and a table containing meteorological data (f. 11). The material also includes typescript notes relating to HMS Fury, HMS Hecla and Captain Parry.
Letter from on board HMS Fury,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 17411D.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004437967
- Dates of Creation
- 1823 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 12 ff. (transcript of letter paginated 1-19) ; 334 x 203 mm. and less. Between boards.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Tom Norton; Llandrindod; Donation; November 1949
Note
Title based on contents.
Watermark (1923).
Preferred citation: NLW MS 17411D.
Archivist's Note
May 2007.
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans;
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