Manuscript log book of shipwright John Kirkaldy of Wapping Wall, containing accounts and details of work undertaken from July 1819 to July 1821 on over 200 vessels (including His Majesty's Post Office Packets Arrow and Lightening, the Jack Tar, and the Valiant), listing the work done ("Painting cabin, staterooms, steerage", "Whitewashing twixt decks" and even making good "8 10ft hen coops" on the Competitor), the quantity of paints, oils and equipment used (including, on the Dowson, white, black, "P.Green...Pn Blue...Vermillion... 2 galls Turps...5 do sperm oil...6 brushes...6 camel hair pencils") and labour required ("1 man, ½ day taking down pump pipe", "2 men ½ day painting"), preceded by alphabetical index, ownership inscription on taped inner hinge "John Kirkaldy. 3 Wapping Wall Jany 1819", c.480pp, brown calf, letter 'E' stencilled on front board, worn, spine missing, folio, 1819-1821
Manuscript log book of shipwright John Kirkaldy of Wapping Wall, containing accounts and details of work undertaken from July 1819 to July 1821 on over 200 vessels (including His Majesty's Post Office Packets Arrow and Lightening, the Jack Tar, and the Valiant), listing the work done ("Painting cabin, staterooms, steerage", "Whitewashing twixt decks" and even making good "8 10ft hen coops" on the Competitor), the quantity of paints, oils and equipment used (including, on the Dowson, white, black, "P.Green...Pn Blue...Vermillion... 2 galls Turps...5 do sperm oil...6 brushes...6 camel hair pencils") and labour required ("1 man, ½ day taking down pump pipe", "2 men ½ day painting"), preceded by alphabetical index, ownership inscription on taped inner hinge "John Kirkaldy. 3 Wapping Wall Jany 1819", c.480pp, brown calf, letter 'E' stencilled on front board, worn, spine missing, folio, 1819-1821
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