Photocopy of a typed version of a journal kept by Agnes Paterson, wife of Andrew Paterson, a merchant sea-captain in the service of Jardine and Mathieson, the oriental trading company.
Scope and Contents
The journal describes Agnes Paterson's voyage from Scotland to China, from her original departure from Leith to London, to her main embarkation at Portsmouth. It then records incidents on the journey, via the Cape of Good Hope and Java, to her destination at Macao. The journal was sent home in 1840 to her sister Janet, wife of Robert Morham, Depute Town Clerk of Edinburgh. A prefatory note by the donor gives a short biographical note on the compiler and mentions that it is not known whether the original manuscript is still extant.
Dates
- Creation: 1839-1840.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
49 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
iii + 46 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1967, by Kenneth N Morham, Edinburgh.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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