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Copy by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne of the log-book of Captain John Anderson for 1640 to 1643.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.14
Scope and Contents The manuscript is written in a Dutch printed pilot`s log-book, and the final entry and postscript are signed by Anderson (folios 79-80).In December 1640, Anderson, an experienced seaman, sailed as navigator in a Dutch ship bound from Holland to Java. From July 1641 to May 1642, he was with the Dutch fleet blockading the Portuguese off the coast of Goa, and in December 1642 he returned to Holland. His log consists chiefly of a record of distance covered, wind direction, land...
Dates: 1640-1643.

Diaries and notebooks of Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick L Maitland.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.353
Scope and Contents This collection includes the fair copy (not autograph) of Maitland’s ‘Narrative of the Principal Occurrences on board HMS Bellerophon’, and journals of his naval service in South America, 1819-20, the Mediterranean 1820-1, and 1828-30, and India, 1837-9. It also includes a number of printed books relating to Napoleon, particularly to the time he spent on St Helena. Some of these were written by Barry O’Meara and dedicated by him to Maitland with whom he had served as surgeon...
Dates: 1815, 1819-1820, 1828-1839.

Diaries, logs, official correspondence and other papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A C Gordon, MC, RA, mostly relating to the 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8969/1-78
Scope and Contents

The papers mostly concern Gordon`s command of the 11th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery and include Battery log books, copies of Battery correspondence, a history of the Battery, photograph album, training materials, notes and engagement diaries.

Dates: 1896-1977.