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Narrative of proceedings of HMS Investigator on a Niger Expedition for 26 August...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/134/1A
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This record is about the Narrative of proceedings of HMS Investigator on a Niger Expedition for 26 August... dating from 1864 in the series Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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ADM 101/134/1A
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1864
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Narrative of proceedings of HMS Investigator on a Niger Expedition for 26 August to 15 October 1864 by Henry Eales, Surgeon.
[Note: ADM 101/134, 1A-1B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/134].
Folios 1-21: Narrative of proceedings.
Folio 22: Copy of daily sick list.
Folios 23-44: Blank.
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Open Document, Open Description
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