Correspondence relating to John Crosley's claims for payment for an expedition to the north-west coast of America to make nautical, astronomical and trigonometrical observations for the Navy, 1797 - 1806
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/1: 157-178
Scope and Contents
Includes a claim for loss of instruments and books on board HMS Providence when it sank on 16 May 1797.
Dates
- Creation: 1797 - 1806
Creator
- Crosley, John, 1762 - 1817 (astronomer) (Person)
- Troughton, Edward, 1753 - 1835 (scientific instrument maker) (Person)
- Broughton, William Robert, 1762 - 1821 (Captain Royal Navy, Pacific explorer) (Person)
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Extent
22 folio(s) (22 ff.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Original geographic information
United States [subject]
Finding aid date
2011-11-24 15:56:34+00:00
Subject
- HMS Providence, sloop (1791-1797) (Organization)
Geographic
Repository Details
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