RefNo | AP/18/5e |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished letter, from W H [William Henry] Smyth to P M [Peter Mark] Roget |
Date | 19 April 1834 |
Description | Smyth offers support for de Roos's account of the recovery of stores and treasure from the wreck of HMS Thetis, suggesting that, were it to be published, the details would be 'of great interest to mariners and engineers'. He compares de Roos's account with Thomas Dickinson's.
Written by Smyth at Crescent, Bedford [England]. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | AP/18/4 |
AP/18/7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |
NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |