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Holograph log kept by John Richardson on his third naval appointment as surgeon to H.M.S. Blossom on a voyage to North America.
July 11-Oct. 20, 1809
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Pages numbered in pencil by a later hand; p. 94-126 blank except for scattered notes in pencil.
Lacking p. 51-52, 127-134.
Binding: Vellum over pasteboards.
Provenance: Lady Mary Fletcher Richardson (1802-1880), widow of Sir John Richardson -- Major-General John Booth Richardson, son of Sir John Richardson -- Captain John Franklin Richardson, grandson of Sir John Richardson -- Estate of Captain J. F. Richardson sold by Dawson's of Pall Mall, London -- Purchased Dec. 8, 1965.
Former shelfmark: MS 910.45 R39l (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
Brichford, M.J., R.M. Sutton, and D.F. Walle. Manuscripts guide to collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1976),
Guide to British naval papers in North America (1994), 1024
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