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Copy of a letter to John Croker listing chronometers issued to HMS Shannon under Captain B. Clement and to Vice Admiral Fleeming in Jamaica, 1828-12-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 46v/2
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Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.

Dates: 1828-12-09
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).
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Letter concerning the delivery of a chronometer to the Minx schooner via HMS Sparrowhawk under Commander Thomas Gill, 1829-07-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 163
Scope and Contents

Sent from John Croker to John Pond.

Dates: 1829-07-30
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).

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  • Names: Croker, John Wilson, 1780 - 1857 (politician and essayist) X
  • Names: Fleeming, Charles Elphinstone, 1774 - 1840 (Admiral) X

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Jamaica 1
West Indies 1
 
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Clement, Benjamin, 1835 (Captain Royal Navy) 1
Gill, Thomas, fl1829 (Officer Royal Navy) 1
HMS Minx, schooner (1829-1833) 1
HMS Shannon, frigate (1806-1859) 1
HMS Sparrowhawk, brig-sloop (1807-1841) 1