IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/219
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Scoffin, William: Journal of a Voyage from Hull to Davis's Straits
Date(s): 1835
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 18 folios
Name of creator(s): Scoffin | William | fl 1826-1835 | sailor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Scoffin was Captain of the Arctic Whaler Duncombe.
CONTENT
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A Journal of a Voyage from Hull to Davis's Straits in the Ship Duncombe, 23 March to 11 December 1835, by William Scoffin 'Master by God's permission'.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Open
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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Paper, written on, bound, size 13 x 8.25 inches.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.