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Senate House Library, University of London

Log book of the 'Speights Town'

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 641

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Log book of the 'Speights Town'

Date(s): 1788

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 84 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The 'Speights Town' was a merchant ship based in Liverpool. Her captain was Jonathan Jackson, and she was owned by Allanson and Barton.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Log book of the 'Speights Town' of Liverpool, 'bound to Madeira and Barbados', with entries from 28 Jan to 16 May 1788, and an undated account of expenses and goods bought at Madeira and Barbados on the back fly-leaves. The entries are in a Mariner's Journal Book, or the Liverpool ready-ruled Journal...by Egerton Smith (1787), a printed log-book, completed in manuscript. The ship's cargo included wine, sugar, and cotton. The front flyleaf is dated 'York 1788'.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

12½" x 7¾"

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from John Walter in 1964.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Publication note:

For the history of the 'Speights Town' see Liverpool statutory register of merchants ships ed. R. Craig and R.C. Jarvis, Chetham Society, Remains historical and literary, vol XV (Manchester, 1967).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.