Uncatalogued: Green, Joseph Fletcher, 1846-1923
Eight journals made by Green during voyages overseas on passenger liners, and sailing expeditions around the British coast, 1871-1878. The passenger vessels featured in the collection include the CHILDERS, CARLISLE CASTLE, VICEROY, CASPIAN, SALMATIAN and GERMANIC. The journals include illustrations of scenes on board vessels and notes on sea birds. One of them records his marriage to Ellen Penn and honeymoon to Paris and the Alps in 1877. There are two printed items: A copy of Green's book 'Ocean Birds', published by R.H. Porter, London, 1887. An annotated copy of 'Chronicles of Blackwall Yard Part 1' by Henry Green and Robert Wigram, published by Whitehead, Morris and Lowe, London, 1881. Please contact archive staff for more information about ordering from this collection.