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.
Journal of a voyage to India
This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library
- Reference
- GB 115 RCS/RCMS 81
- Dates of Creation
- 1830-03-31-1830-08
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume paper
Scope and Content
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