Guide to the Diaries of W. J. Cotton (as filmed by AJCP), May 1874-January 1876

 

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Summary

Collection number:
M857
Creator:
Cotton, W.J. (The Goshawk)
Extent:
2 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234).

Availability:
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Access conditions:
Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:
Personal diaries of W J Cotton kept while on board Goshawk. The two diaries appear to be contained in a single volume.
Biographical / Historical:

The Goshawk was a 140 ton top-sail schooner registered with the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. When the vessel called in at Darwin in September 1975, the Northern Territory Times described it as the finest vessel to have ever entered its waters. Its owner was Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh (1849-1924), who in 1876 succeeded his brother as the 7th Baronet. He was an extremely wealthy landowner, a keen yachtsman and a collector of zoological specimens. He also had an interest in music and the ship had a Christy Minstrel band. On a world cruise on the Goshawk in 1879-81 Hesketh-Pearson visited San Francisco and met Florence Sharon, an American heiress. They were married in 1880. In the following year Fermor-Hesketh was appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire.

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Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use:
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234).

Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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