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L30/9/109/3
Title
Letter from Joseph Sydney Yorke to Jemima Yorke. Sent from Madeiras. "Keep my watch like any other midshipman... keep my reckoning on day's work very exactly every day, and the Captain makes me work double altitudes and lunar observations and fags me up a good deal." Detailed description of island. [Typed transcript available]
Date free text
27-30 May 1784
Production date
From: 1784 To: 1784
Level of description
item

Persons/institution keyword
Yorke, Joseph Sydney,
Yorke, Jemima
Keywords
personal correspondence, midshipman, captain, travel

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Wrest Park [Lucas] Archive
fonds | L
- Correspondence
  sub-fonds | L30
  1651-1913
  - Correspondence to Jemima, nee Campbell, (1722-1797), Marchioness Grey and Baroness Lucas (suc.1740),...
    series | L30/9
    c.1730-1800
    
    Correspondence to Jemima Yorke, nee Campbell from Joseph Sydney Yorke, nephew, abroad. (Copies sent ...
    file | L30/9/109
    1783-1784
    Letter from Joseph Sydney Yorke to Jemima Yorke. Sent from Madeiras. "Keep my watch like any other m...
    item | L30/9/109/3
    27-30 May 1784