‘Aden. Wreck of the Ship “Mary Florence” – Vol. 3’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Wreck of the Ship “Mary Florence” – Vol. 3’
- Date:
- 1850/1850
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; James Newton, Chief Officer of the Mary Florence; and Lieutenant Charles Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden. It is the third in a series of three items on the wreck of the Mary Florence.The item concerns the wreck of the Mary Florenceoff Cape Guardafui [Ras Asir] on 3 June 1850. The item contains a report by Cruttenden on information he received about the wreck and the fate of the shipwrecked sailors when he visited Allooleh [Caluula] and Bunder Murayah [Bandar Murcanyo].The item also contains a deposition from James Newton, who, along with other crew members, was stranded at Cape Guardafui when the rope when the line connecting the wreck to the shore was cut, and was taken to Allooleh and from there reached Aden.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection] 10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 349, and terminates at f 362, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Shipwrecks
- Geographic region:
- Bunder Murayah
Allooleh
Cape Guardafui - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100122055391.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100122055391.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2391/128021
IOR/F/4/2391/128021