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- 1844-1857 (Creation)
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Henry Piers was assistant surgeon on board HMS CLEOPATRA, May 1844-January 1847 and surgeon on board HMS SATELLITE, 1856-1857.
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GB 0120 MSS.5990 & 6110 1844-1857 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Piers , Henry , 1818-1901 , naval surgeon
Henry Piers was assistant surgeon on board HMS CLEOPATRA, May 1844-January 1847 and surgeon on board HMS SATELLITE, 1856-1857.
Purchased from Henry Bristow, 1990.
Journals of Henry Piers as assistant surgeon on board HMS CLEOPATRA and as surgeon on board HMS SATELLITE, based in Africa and on the Western coastlines of the Americas, 1844-1857.
Two journals: on board HMS Cleopatra and on board HMS Satellite.
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jan 2009 Piers , Henry , 1818-1901 , naval surgeon Travel Travel abroad Medical sciences Military medicine Naval medicine Social structure Slavery Central America South America Africa HMS Cleopatra HMS Satellite Royal Navy
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Purchased from Henry Bristow, 1990.
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Journals of Henry Piers as assistant surgeon on board HMS CLEOPATRA and as surgeon on board HMS SATELLITE, based in Africa and on the Western coastlines of the Americas, 1844-1857.
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Two journals: on board HMS Cleopatra and on board HMS Satellite.
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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English