Private journal of Charles Wilkinson, Assistant Surgeon HMS BENBOW, 1839-1842.

Private journal and scrapbook, kept by Charles Nelson Wilkinson, assistant surgeon of HMS BENBOW, Capt Houston Stewart, 1839-42, see appendix.

Administrative / biographical background
Admiral Sir Houston Stewart RN (1791-1875), awarded compensation for ownership of 143 enslaved persons on Roxburgh estate, Tobago. The estate had been settled on him by his father Sir Michael Shaw Stewart c. 1821.

Record Details

Item reference: JOD/51
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1839-01-01 - 1842-12-31; 1839-1842
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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