Notebook kept by the Reverend Octavius R. F. Hughes, HMS MERCURY, China Station, 1891-1896.
The volume mainly consists of notes on the ship's company, arranged alphabetically by surname. There is some loose material including letters, papers relating to the ship's Recreation Club and a speech given at an annual meeting of St Peter's Branch of the Missions to Seamen's Society, Hong Kong. See full list in printed catalogue for further details.
Record Details
| Item reference: | REC/56; MS1984/015 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1891-1896 |
| Creator: | Hughes, Octavius Rutherford Foster |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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