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John Bemont Letter : Correspondence 15 Jun 1811.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Bemont, John, author.
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-3295
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Letter writing.
- Letters.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- A letter from John Bemont written to his parents informing them of his travels. His first assignment was on board of the THOMAS (Ship), Captain Trowbridge, which was captured by the HMS IPHIGENIA (Frigate). He goes on to travel on many ships and places. Some of the ships were the LEOPARD (Ship), bound for the Cape of Good Hope, the FOX (Ship), bound for New South Wales, and the ROSE (Ship), bound for Guangzhou. He expects to be home in 30 months. In the letter he refers to Guangzhou (China) as Canton (China).
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference:VFM 2077.
- Mystic Seaport Museum: Verticle File Material.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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