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Journal of His Majesty's Ship Amelia by Robert Reeder, Surgeon, from 12 October 1804...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/85/1
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This record is about the Journal of His Majesty's Ship Amelia by Robert Reeder, Surgeon, from 12 October 1804... dating from 1804-1805 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 101/85/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1804-1805
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Journal of His Majesty's Ship Amelia by Robert Reeder, Surgeon, from 12 October 1804 to 3 February 1805. The crew was infected with yellow fever from the schooner Berbice on the Surinam river. (Described at item level).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 101
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