Hergest, Richard, 1792 (Lieutenant Royal Navy)

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Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 17 June 1791

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 40-41

Scope and Contents

Concerning his salary, advice from William Wales on probable expenses during the voyage, his first meeting with Lieutenant Hergest, and his companions at sea.

Dates: 17 June 1791

Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Two-letter class: western post-medieval manuscripts / Mm / Letters, Memoranda, and Journal, containing the History of Mr William Gooch [Fellow of Caius College], Astronomer of the Daedalus Transport / Letters from William Gooch / Letters from William Gooch to his parents, William and Sarah Gooch

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Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 17 July 1791

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 47-48

Scope and Contents

Concerning the time of the ship's departure, and describing the companions with whom he would associate during the voyage.

Dates: 17 July 1791

Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Two-letter class: western post-medieval manuscripts / Mm / Letters, Memoranda, and Journal, containing the History of Mr William Gooch [Fellow of Caius College], Astronomer of the Daedalus Transport / Letters from William Gooch / Letters from William Gooch to his parents, William and Sarah Gooch

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Sketches of islands 'discovered', rough calculations and tables, 1791 - 1792

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/62: 71*r-150v

Scope and Contents

Set of rough astronomical calculations, with tables, notes, and sketches of islands ‘discovered’; the islands are unnamed, although reference points are sometimes given, such as ‘Island A’ [RGO 14/62: 141*v], or ‘Bay at C’ [RGO 14/62: 79v]. Interspersed among the notes are occasional doodles by Gooch [RGO 14/62: 88v], [RGO 14/62: 124r], and translations of [Polynesian] words [RGO 14/62: 124r], [RGO 14/62: 126-127], [RGO 14/62: 141*v].
Some pages are inverted in the volume.

Dates: 1791 - 1792

Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Observations in the voyage of the Daedalus

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Hergest, Richard, 1792 (Lieutenant Royal Navy)

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Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 17 June 1791

Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 17 July 1791

Sketches of islands 'discovered', rough calculations and tables, 1791 - 1792

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