18 August 2018
James Williamson gives this account of ‘smuggling’ from his time on HM Packet Duke of York. From the earliest establishment of the [Packets], [1] the spirit […]
17 August 2018
It would be impossible to talk about the maritime history of Cornwall without some mention of smuggling and wrecking. Smuggling is a by-product of government policy […]
17 August 2018
Pleasure I. – I have always considered the mere exemption from misery to be a positive pleasure – a truth verified in being relieved from all […]
17 August 2018
Haec partim ex libris Excerpsi, partier egomet pro soupei De Omnibus rebus, Mullisque alid ~~~ A person being asked what he thought of the assassination of […]
17 August 2018
To Miss Caroline Wiggins, who threatened to throw a cup of tea over Alfred Snell & me. Sepr.r 1832. My dearest Miss W—, your pardon I pray, […]
17 August 2018
As well as his journals, James Williamson produced a series of short pieces on other subjects. The pleasures of a life at sea The miseries of […]
16 August 2018
Lt. Robert Snell, R.N. : 1784-1858, Falmouth Packet Commander 1825-1835: and H.M. Packet Duke of York Robert Snell was the second son of a Falmouth sailmaker. He […]
16 August 2018
The Packet Surgeon’s diaries probably run to several hundred thousand words, no mean feat for a young man even if he did have time on his […]
16 August 2018
Falmouth Packet Surgeon, 1828-1835. Born in 1805, James Williamson was the son of James Williamson, Excise Officer, & Mary Williamson (nee Blair). The family may have […]
12 August 2018
Tenth Duke of St. Albans. Was born in 1840, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He purchased his first yacht, the Pilgrim(120-ton schooner), in 1863, […]
12 August 2018
Owner of Venture, 42-ton auxiliary yawl. Clubs: Erith, Gravesend, Royal Temple. Address: 10, Cleveland Row, St. James’s. Vessel: Venture
12 August 2018
Was born in 1820, and educated in Scotland. He entered the service of the Hudson Bay Company, and has been one of the leaders of Canadian […]