Historical notes regarding the Cowan family, and newspaper cuttings.

A hand-drawn family tree of Michael Taylor and Jane Cowan; Typed notes about Commander John White Pritchard; hand-written notes about Michael Waistell Cowan, MD, RN, 1830-1903; further Cowan notes with 1869 diary pages pasted on; a letter to Betty and Stephen from Lutie (possibly May Cowan's daughter Lutie rather than Lady Porter?) dated 22 June 1969; cuttings from the Times Supplement 21 September 1966 regarding Ascension Island; cutting from the Sunday Telegraph, February 26 1967 also regarding Ascension Island; two hand-drawn family tree of the Cowan faimily, and one of the Pritchard family; notes regarding Pritchards copied from the Navy List, 1850; sections from The Times newspaper: Account of the Battle of Alma, 9 October 1854; Account of the Battle of Balaclava, 13 November 1854; Account of the Battle of Inkerman, 23 November 1854; Account of the Fall of Sebastopol, 24 September 1855.

Record Details

Item reference: PTR/17/2
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1854-1969
Creator: Porter, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London