Journal by Thomas Graham as assistant surgeon of HMS Warspite whilst stationed in the eastern Mediterranean, mainly based at Beirut, during the year 1845.

  • Thomas Graham, 1818-1850, naval surgeon
Date:
1 January 1843-29 December 1845
Reference:
MS.8420/1
Part of:
Graham, Thomas (1818-1850), naval surgeon
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Description

PDF version of the journal which includes several sketches, notably of the temples at Baalbek, made in March 1845 (pp. 2, 24, 26).

Followed by a log kept by Graham between 1 January 1843 and 3 February 1844 recording Warspite's movements, which included a voyage to the West Indies and New York in early 1843, returning in June with the remains of Sir Charles Bagot (1781–1843), late governor-in-chief of British North America, and service in Portugal and the western Mediterranean in the winter of 1843/44.

With Figures to denote the force of the windand Letters to denote the state of the weather bound in (pp. 64-65).

Publication/Creation

1 January 1843-29 December 1845

Physical description

1 document file

Acquisition note

Presented by the Fryer Library, University of Queensland.

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Original journal held by the Fryer Library, University of Queensland (ref. F431).
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  • 1354