IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 325
Held at: University College London
Title: Caley Journal
Date(s): 1811-1817
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Caley | George | 1770-1829 | farrier and naturalist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1770; a naturalist, whose journeys included New South Wales; died, 1829. See The devil's wilderness: George Caley's journey to Mount Barks 1804, ed Alan E J Andrews (Blubber Head Press, Hobart, Australia, 1984); Reflections on the colony of New South Wales, ed J E B Currey (Angus & Robertson, London, 1967).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript journal of George Caley, entitled 'Remarks on the weather &c', containing a travel diary, 1811-1817, describing a canal journey from London to Manchester and a journey to St Vincent in the West Indies.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
The volume is in a fragile condition.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The volume was found among the Tewkesbury Vicars' Papers at University College London Manuscripts Room.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Natural History Museum holds Caley's journals of tours in New South Wales. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives holds transcripts of correspondence, 1799-1810. For 31 letters to Sir Joseph Banks, 1795-1818, see W R Dawson, The Banks letters (1958).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: National Register of Archives; British Library OPAC. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2001