Photocopied letters of Newton Fowell, Midshipman, HMS SIRIUS.

Thirteen letters by Newton Fowell, mostly to his father, including detailed reports on the first convict voyage of HMS SIRUIS to Australia, one addressed to Captain George Ourry in Devon, November 1786 to July 1790; One autographed letter signed by Captain John Hunter, to Captain Palmer (Surgeon on HMS PERSEUS), SIRIUS, 27 February 1787; Two letters by J. Nicolls from the SIRIUS, to G. Ourry, August 1787, June 1788; Three letters by Sir Evan Nepean, Under-Secretary of State (two autograph, one in a copy) to Mr and Mrs John Fowell, c.1787-1788; Related documents comprising a note by John Fowell about prize money owed to his son and a note about Newton Fowell's death, no date.

Object Details

ID: XAGC/12
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1787 -1790; 1790-01-01 - ?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 folder
Parts: Copies of Volumes and Documents- Xeroxes (Manuscript)