£260
A MIDSHIPMAN'S JOURNAL FOR VARIOUS R.N. SHIPS, 1828-1834
by William Keppel Vaux. Log of the following ships, H.M. Ships Mersey, 4 March – 30 May 1828; Rangers, 26 April – 20 September 1829; Shannon, 29 September – 30 October 1829; Tyne, , 18 January – 11 June 1830; Isis, 4 December 1831 – 20 January 1832; Plumper, 21 January – 6 September 1832; Salamander, 3 – 26 December 1832; Alban, 26-29 December 1832; Comus, 29 December 1832 – 12 July 1833; Speedwell, 13 – 24 July 1833; Magnificent, 25 July – 23 August 1833; Fly, 24 August – 17 September 1833; Vernon, 18 September – 15 October 1833; Swallow, 16 October – 5 November 1833; President, 10 March -15 June 1834. All but 2 (Vernon and Swallow) with finely drawn hand-coloured numbered identification hoists, contemporary half roan, (rather worn) -- 9½ x 7¾in. (24.1 x 19.7cm.)
For a large part, the excerpts describe mundane activities in England; but there are long and short stays in, inter alia Bermuda, Bathurst, Sierra Leone, Nassau, Demerara, Port Royal and Halifax (Nova Scotia). The reason for the brevity of these logs is not known. Perhaps they were a punishment.
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