| RefNo | MS/72 |
| Level | SubFonds |
| Title | Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary by Samuel Holmes |
| Creator | Holmes, Samuel |
| Date | 1792-1793 |
| Description | The journal of Samuel Holmes, Sergeant-Major of the 12th light dragoons, during his attendance, as one of the guard, on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China. The original manuscript of the book published in 1795. Also a letter dated ' Reading 7 December 1799 ' from Holmes to Sir William Young. |
| Extent | 1 volume, MS Medium |
| PhysicalDescription | Paper, bound, 74 ff, size 12.5 x 8.5 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | The Royal Society |
| RelatedMaterial | See S. Homes 'The Journal of Samuel Homes ... during his attendance as one of the guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China and Tartary 1792-1793'. Published 1798 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Turning the Pages |
| URL | http://ttp.royalsociety.org/ttp/ttp.html?id=d4162ac8-cd0d-4446-816e-b306e07f373d&type=book |