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Journal of the convict ship Guildford by Hugh Walker, Surgeon, for 15 April 1820...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/31/2
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This record is about the Journal of the convict ship Guildford by Hugh Walker, Surgeon, for 15 April 1820... dating from 1820 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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- 1820
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Journal of the convict ship Guildford by Hugh Walker, Surgeon, for 15 April 1820 to 5 November 1820, on a voyage to New South Wales and then Van Diemen's Land. The journal takes the form of a diary recording the daily cleaning of the prison and hospital quarters, mustering of convicts on deck, position of the ship and temperature at noon, the opening of casks of provisions and the treatment of the sick. The guard is formed of the 46th Regiment of Foot. (Described at item level).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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