Letter from Thomas Ball as Chief Engineer of the steamer "Nelly" (photocopy)
Letter from Thomas Ball, as Chief Engineer of the steamer "Nelly" at Lagos, to the Assistant Colonial Secretary in Lagos, regarding repairs necessary to render the vessel serviceable, 14 August 1878. Photocopy.
Dates
- Creation: 1878
Extent
4 ff.
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS.Afr.s.1890].
Shelfmark:
MSS.Afr.s.1890
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 580
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Ball, Chief Engineer of the steamer "Nelly".
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Listed as no. 1285 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Custodial History
Deposited with the Oxford Development Records Project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The item was transferred to the library from the Oxford Development Records Project.
Subject
- Ball | Thomas | fl 1878 | Chief Engineer (Person)
- SS Nelly (Organisation)
- Title
- Letter from Thomas Ball as Chief Engineer of the steamer "Nelly" (photocopy)
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Marion Lowman
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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