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Catalogue description papers of the Riddle family, mostly rel to Edward Riddle (1788-1854), mathematician and...
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| Reference: | REG23/000002 (Uncatalogued) |
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| Description: | papers of the Riddle family, mostly rel to Edward Riddle (1788-1854), mathematician and astronomer, his son John Riddle (1816-1862), headmaster of Greenwich Hospital schools, and Edward Riddle (1845-1907), engineer, incl letters (140) from Edward Riddle (1845-1907) to his wife, Charlotte Jane (Charley) Lucas, sent during numerous cable laying expeditions for which he was often the engineer in charge, 1870-1891, which provide details of life on board ship and ashore in foreign places, and rare first-hand accounts of cable laying operations, in locations incl Singapore, Shanghai, Lisbon, Venice, Suez, Manila and Malta |
| Date: | 1831-1891 |
| Held by: | National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive, not available at The National Archives |
| Other reference: | See Annual Return 2023 |
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