Account of a voyage to New South Wales on the ‘Neptune’ by James Mitchell (1792- ), ship’s surgeon
Scope and Contents
Manuscript notebook with 151 numbered pages.
'An account of my voyage to New South Wales in the ship Neptune, in the year 1820 as Surgeon [and] Superintendant to male convicts.'
Pages 1251 - 1260 of a medical textbook laid in. Chapter heading reads 'wounds', and business card indicates the pages were sent by the Sub-librarian of the Medical School Library.
Dates
- Creation: 1820
Conditions Governing Access
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers at Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ. Contact repository in advance: is-crc@ed.ac.uk
Full Extent
1 item : 151 pages
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS MIT3
Physical Facet
Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the New College Library Special Collections Repository
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