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A LOG BOOK FOR THE H.C.S. EARL SPENCER, CIRCA 1803-4
moored at Blackwall, then Gravesend, Portsmouth and thence to Bengal, 25 April 1803-7 February 1804 with a month stop at Rio de Janeiro (18 September – 16 October) for repairs and supplies, 110 pp., most of the entries are standard for this type of log, weather, cleaning the ship, washing clothes, making gaskets and sails, the log finishes abruptly on Thursday 7 February 1804 with Earl Spencer still at sea, numerous blank pages at the end, contemporary reverse calf (slight damage to spine), folio -- 14¾ x 9 in. (37 x 23 cm.)
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