Scoffin, William: Journal of a Voyage from Hull to Davis's Straits

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 MS/219
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full 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
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Scoffin was Captain of the Arctic Whaler Duncombe.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

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'.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Description Notes

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.