Letter to Commander George Scott of HM Sloop CHAMPION regarding smallpox vaccine supplies.

Letter to Commander George Scott of HM Sloop CHAMPION informing him that the supply of lymph vaccine brought by HM Sloop COLUMBINE had failed, and instructing him to proceed to Turk’s Island and if necessary as far as Norfolk in the United States to obtain more supplies of the vaccine.

Record Details

Item reference: SOT/5/16
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1830-02-04
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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