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Letter describing the sinking of the barque GREAT BRITAIN in the St Lawrence River, 1842.

Transcript of an account of the sinking of the barque GREAT BRITAIN (1830), master Swinburne, in the St. Lawrence River, contained in a letter from John Fry to his uncle John Sharland in London, dated 13 May 1842.

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ID:	TRN/17
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1842-01-13 - ?; 1842-05-13
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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