Catalogue description Ship's Log of the Aid of Whitby

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Reference: 0070
Title: Ship's Log of the Aid of Whitby
Description:

This log covers the voyage of the Aid between Whitby and Quebec and London and Gothenberg.
Date: 1809
Held by: Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Potts, George, fl 1809-1811, master of the Eagle
Physical description: 1 volume
Subjects:
  • Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • London
  • Quebec
  • Gothenberg, Sweden
  • Sea transport
Administrative / biographical background:

This volume was deposited in August 1956 by Miss Marvin of Aislaby, it was transferred to the Library and Archives from the Shipping Wing in June 1981.

 

The Aid was built in Whitby in 1781 by Thomas Brodrick and owned by Christopher Richardson, William Richardson and Henry Stonehouse. She was rebuilt in 1817 and lost at Miramichi in 1834.
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