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Papers of Captain William Selby, Bombay Marine, East India Company (Manuscript)
1795-1797
RIN/144
Two letterbooks containing copies of letters sent and received by Captain William Selby, Bombay Marine, East India Company.
Letterbook of Captain William Selby, 1797-1799 (Manuscript)
1797-1799
RIN/144/1/2
Letterbook containing copies of letters sent and received by Captain William Selby, Bombay Marine, East India Company, between Mar 1797 and Aug 1799. The pages are numbered 101-149. Between Jan 1797 and Jul 1797, Selby was in command of the frigate BOMBAY (1793) in the East Indies.…
Logs of the SWALLOW and the SCORPION, and papers relating to Captain William Selby, Bombay Marine (Manuscript)
1791-1794
LOG/C/55
Volume of logs kept on the East India Company packet SWALLOW (1779), commanded by Captain George Curtis, on a voyage from Madras to Dover, between 21 September 1791 and 10 February 1792; and the Bombay Marine snow SCORPION, commanded by Captain William Selby, from Madras to England, between 21 Septe…
Letterbooks of Captain William Selby, Bombay Marine, East India Company (Manuscript)
1795-1799
RIN/144/1
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Letterbook of Captain William Selby,1795-1797 (Manuscript)
1795-1797
RIN/144/1/1
Letterbook containing copies of letters sent and received by Captain Selby, Bombay Marine, East India Company, between Nov 1795 and Jan 1797. The pages have been numbered 1-52 (from the front) and 53-92 (from the back).…
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