Browne, correspondence

Scope and Content

  • MS 116/11/1-3;D Letters (3) to William Penny, 14 May to 22 December [1853] [Regarding statement in The Times] 3 leaves, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

William Penny was born on 12 July 1809 at Peterhead, Scotland. He made his first whaling voyage at the age of twelve, sailing to the Greenland Sea in Alert under the command of his father.

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

The Institute holds an archival collection for William Penny