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  <dc:title>Shipping Book </dc:title>
  <dc:description>Contains details of troops and stores (coal, machinery, etc.) transported from Britain to India. Gives names of ship, date of embarkation, whether carrying troops or stores, etc. Entries for 1854 including references to cholera outbreaks; entry for the St. Abbs, embarked 15 Feb. 1855, states 'totally lost off the Island of Madagascar on her voyage out, the 14 June 1855 - several of the crew and passengers were drowned, amongst the latter was Mr G. D. Hamilton a Volunteer for the India Navy, nephew of Revd. Mr. Hamilton, Chaplain at the Poplar Hospital'.  
At end: index to ships mentioned in the second section of the book (re coal transported to India), also map showing British coal fields and their relative proximity to shipping ports. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>1850-1861</dc:date>
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