Lieutenant William Bligh diary leaf recounting his uncomfortable journey to London (for surveying the Coast near Dungeness in preparation of the Napoleonic Wars)
Content Description
Very much [destroyed?] by the frequent stopping of the coachmen.
Saturday 17, 1803 "D. [Wm] After a tedious & unpleasant nights traveling and equally so through the day I did not get home until [11] at night. This conveyance is cheap but very tiresome. We [might to have?] in London about 1/2 past 3 in the afternoon."
There is a note on the back of the leaf indicating that "this leaf is cut out of Admiral William Bligh's diary when sent to survey the coast when threatened with invasion by Bonaparte."
Dates
- 16-17 [December?] 1803
Creator
- Bligh, William, 1754-1817 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Biographical / Historical
Source: Robinson, A. H. W., "CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH, R.N., HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYOR" Empire Survey Review, 1952. 11:85, 301-306, DOI: 10.1179/sre.1952.11.85.301
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
- Title
- Guide to the William Bligh diary leaf
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ellen Welch
- Date
- 10 May 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States