Journal of a voyage performed on board the ship Broxbornebury, Captain Thomas Pitcher, from England to New South Wales, 1814 [manuscript] / by J.H. Bent

Creator
Bent, Jeffery Hart, 1781-1852
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MS 195
Created/Published
[1814]
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0.05 m. (1 v.)
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"Journal of a voyage performed on board the ship Broxbornebury, Captain Thomas Pitcher, from England to New South Wales by J.H. Bent". Manuscript diary describing Jeffery Hart Bent's voyage to New South Wales on the "Broxbornebury", undertaken in 1814. Journal entries commence with Bent's arrival at Portsmouth on 19 February, 1814 when he boarded the "Broxbornebury". The final entry, dated 28 July, documents the termination of the voyage in Sydney Cove, where Bent went ashore in Captain Piper's boat and was met at the wharf by his brother Ellis Bent. Details of the voyage entered in the diary include the ship's location each day, recorded by Bent in terms of latitude and longitude.
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Jeffery Hart Bent (1781-1852) was the first judge of the colony of New South Wales, 1814-1817, and Chief Justice of British Guiana from 1836-1852.
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Bent, Jeffery Hart. (1814). Journal of a voyage performed on board the ship Broxbornebury, Captain Thomas Pitcher, from England to New South Wales, Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2815764064

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Bent, Jeffery Hart. Journal of a voyage performed on board the ship Broxbornebury, Captain Thomas Pitcher, from England to New South Wales, : , 1814. Web. 25 December 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2815764064>

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Bent, Jeffery Hart. 1814, Journal of a voyage performed on board the ship Broxbornebury, Captain Thomas Pitcher, from England to New South Wales, , viewed 25 December 2025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2815764064

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