Comprises the diary of Samuel Baker on a voyage to Jamaica, 1815-1816 and the diaries of Julian Alleyne Baker on an expedition to suppress the slave trade in Egypt and the Sudan, 1869-1873.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1873
Extent
0.30 Linear metres (5 shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 869, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. c. 869, e. 1391-1392, g. 353-354
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12773
Abstract
Journals of Samuel and Julian Alleyne Baker
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Baker sailed to Jamaica on the Bernard, 1815-1816. Julian Alleyne Baker (1845-1922) was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy when he took part in the Khedive's expedition to suppress the slave trade in Egypt and the Sudan, 1869-1873.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was bequeathed to the Library by Dr J.R. Baker, 1984.
Subject
- Baker | Julian Alleyne | 1845-1922 | admiral (Person)
- Baker | Samuel | fl 1815-1816 (Person)
- Title
- Journals of Samuel and Julian Alleyne Baker
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2022 by C. McIlwaine
- Date
- EAD version 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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