Journal of a voyage to India

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

Scope and Content

A journal of a voyage on the 'Frances Anne' from Liverpool to Calcutta, 42 pages. Mackinnon probably kept the account to send to his mother: the last page closes with greetings to her.

Administrative / Biographical History

Campbell Mackinnon (1806-1871) worked as a doctor in the Indian Medical Service in Bengal from 1830 until his retirement in 1862.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased 1910.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

MSS 22 V

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 64.

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Additional Information

This collection level description was created by RAS.

Mackinnon, Campbell, 1806-1871, doctor