| RefNo | MM/10/124 | 
| Level | Item | 
| Title | Letter from Charles Mason, Portsmouth, to Charles Morton | 
| Date | 8 December 1760 | 
| Description | On a delay in proceeding on the voyage to Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia] on HMS 'Seahorse', to observe the Transit of Venus.  
  Mason also notes "...Captain [Smith] doubts Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia] is in the hands of the French". | 
| Extent | 1 side | 
| Format | Manuscript | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates | 
| NA1244 | Mason; Charles (c 1699 - 1770); academic and clregyman | c 1699 - 1770 | 
| NA1286 | Morton; Charles (1716 - 1799) | 1716 - 1799 |