| RCS/RCMS 63 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 4 |
Letters to Archibald Colquhoun from Indian colleagues |
| 5 |
Sketches of buildings in Lahore |
| 6 |
Letter from Sir Montagu Butler to Sir Frank Brown |
| 7 |
Indian invitations and menus |
| 8 |
Cancelled cheque of Warren Hastings |
| 9 |
Journal of a voyage to India |
| 10 |
Indian letters of William Millar |
| 11 |
Photographs of Indian portraits |
| 12 |
East India Company indenture to William Cox |
| 13 |
Pocket register of a Ceylon servant |
| 14 |
Coal in Upper Assam |
| See later --> |
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Asia miscellanea
| Title |
Journal of a voyage to India |
| Reference |
RCMS 63/9
(former reference: MSS 22) |
| Creator |
Mactier, Anthony, fl 1797-1798 |
| Covering Dates |
1964 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 folder (33 pages); paper; Typewritten |
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| Content and context |
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Anthony Mactier's background is not known.
'Journal of a voyage from Britain to India on board the "Surat castle" Captn. David Isbitster bound for Bombay', 32 pages. The journal begins on 4 November 1797, and describes Mactier's journey via Madeira and the Cape to Bombay, where he arrived on 30 May 1798. The last entry is for 7 July 1798. Some sections of the text are in French, parts of which have been translated into English. The journal is accompanied by a one-page note about Mactier.
Copied from a typescript lent by Miss Diana Hartley, 1964.
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| Further information |
Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 64. Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Bombay |
| India |
| Maharashtra |
| Salsette Island |
| Mactier, Anthony (fl 1797-1798) |
| No further on-line information. |
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