Midshipman Peter Heywood's letters relating to the Mutiny on HMS BOUNTY and his fate after trial

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Title
Midshipman Peter Heywood's letters relating to the Mutiny on HMS BOUNTY and his fate after trial
Reference
AGC/H/26/1
Collection
  • National Maritime Museum, UK: Letters (AGC)
Document Type
  • Correspondence
Date
20 Nov 1791
Description
Midshipman Peter Heywood, HMS BOUNTY: letter to his mother, written from Batavia, 20th November 1791, describing the mutiny on HMS BOUNTY and subsequent events, including the wreck of the PANDORA on which Heywood was a prisoner.
Theme
  • Shipwrecks and Disasters
  • Mutiny