Markham, Blonde Plymouth Dock to his father, ship ran aground on Russell rock, got into Cawsand Bay at 8 knots, into dock, request a better ship from Lord Chatham, prefer the Hannibal, 74, or Bombay, need to push or get nothing, need to get ‘my American business settled’

25 July 1794, Markham, Blonde Plymouth Dock to his father, ship ran aground on Russell rock, got into Cawsand Bay at 8 knots, into dock, request a better ship from Lord Chatham, prefer the Hannibal, 74, or Bombay, need to push or get nothing, need to get ‘my American business settled’

Record Details

Item reference: MRK/107/1/26
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1794
Creator: Markham, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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