Revised Jun 9 2021
[The following are inserts at the beginning of the volume.]
Officers, &c &c on board H.M.S. Providence, on her quitting England, August 1791
| Names | Quality | How since disposed of ...1831 |
|---|---|---|
| Willm. Bligh | Post Captain | Died in London, (Vice Admiral) Decr. 12th. 1817 |
| F. G. Bond | 1st Lieutenant | Post Captain On half pay |
| Jams. Guthrie | 2d Do. | Died (a Lieutenant) 1795 |
| Geo: Tobin | 3d Do. | Post Captain On half pay |
| Wm NIcholls | Master | Died in |
| Edd. Harwood | Surgeon | Died in London 1814 |
| Edd James | Boatswain | |
| Jno England | Gunner | |
| Jno Flow | Carpenter | |
| Thos. Gilespie | Masters Mate | Died a Lieutenant, in 1800 or 1801. |
| Jno Impey | Masters Mate | Post Captain, on half pay |
| Thos. Walker | Masters Matd | Died |
| Geo: Holwell | Midshipman | Died (a Lieutenant) in |
| Geo: Kilsha | Do | |
| Jno Busby | Do | Died (a Post Captain) 1813 |
| Rob. Ogelvie | Do | Drowned in the Swift Sloop, in 1797 |
| Wm Hinde | Do | Died during the Voyage at Jamaica 1793 |
| Matw Flinders | Do | Died (a Post Captain) in England 1814 |
| Jno Head | Do | Died (a Lieutenant) in 1804 |
| Wm Askew | Do | Killed (A Lieut) by accident |
| Rob Ridgway | Surgeons 1st Mate | |
| ‡Douglas White | Surgeons 2d Mate | Died, at Rosetta 1802 of the Plague |
| Edd Hatful | Captains Clerk | Purser in the Navy Died in Caorada 1829 |
| Thos. Pearce | Lieut of Marines | Died |
| Mr. Wiles Mr. Smith | Botanists |
‡
I always understood that Mr. Whyte had inoculated himself twice for the Plague, in Egypt, without
receiving the infection. But the following account is from the
Quarterly Review, Dec. 1825. ........... G.T. 1826
"The experiment (Dr Whytes) and the result are thus related in a letter from Mr. Rice, then doing duty in the Post House at El Hammed, to Mr. (now Sir James) McGregor.
Viz. "Dr Whyte came here last night Jany. 2d 1802. Soon after he came in, he rubbed some matter from the
Bubo of a woman on the inside of his thighs. The next morning he inoculated himself in the wrists with a Lancet
with matter from the running Bubo of a Sepoy. Dr. Whyte continued in good health on the 5th and all day on
the 6th till the evening, when he was attacked with rigors, and other febrile symptoms. He continued to have
shiverings, succeeded by head and perspiration, much affection of the head, tremor of the limbs, a dry black
tongue, great thirst, a full hard irregular pulse, great debility, and great anxiety. He still persisted that
the disease was not the plague, and would not allow his groin or arm pits to be examined. He became delirious
on the 8th, and died on the 9th in the forenoon.
Extract from the Revd. R. Polwheles "Traditions and Recollections, &c &c" published in 1826 (GT. 1827)
"Captain Bligh to the Revd R. Polwhele
Durham Place Lambeth
Dec 21 . 1803
"I hope yet to be able to publish my last Voyage in which I secured the Bread fruit plants to the West Indies."
Officers &c &c on board the Assistant on her quitting England August 1791
| Names | Quality | How since disposed of |
|---|---|---|
| Nathl. Portlock | Lieut, & Commander | Died Se&prime.; 12th, 1817 A Captain of Greenwch. Hospil. |
| Watson | Master | |
| Frankland | Surgeon | |
| David Gilmore | Masters Mate | Died a Commander 1829 |
| John Gore | Midshipman | |
| J R Lapenstiere | Do | Post Captain – Died |
| Thos. England | Do | |
| Dyce | Do | |
| Mathews | Do | Died. |
| Campbell | Do | |
| Sherrard | Clerk | |
| Goulden | Gunners Mate | |
| Myers | Carpenters Mate | |
| Quere? If a Boatswains Mate allowed. | ||
Gent. Magazine Sep 1811 Died Lieut. R. B. Hopkins. He was one of the Circumnavigators in H.M.S. Providence
at Stoke-Abbot – Eldest Son of the Revd. M U Hopkins.