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==External links==
*Terrible conditions described in a [http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/infantmortality.html Letter home from a soldier’s wife on a voyage to India] 1859 Old-merseytimes.co.uk Details conditions on the ship Acrington which resulted in the murder of the captain.
===Historical books online===
*[http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3575938 Ship's log [manuscript<nowiki>]</nowiki> written on board the "General Goddard" during a trip from England to Calcutta and Madras in 1789-1790], under Captain Thomas Foxall. Includes notes on course, distance, and position; weather observations; vessels sighted; and cargo loaded and unloaded. Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania
*[http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3575750 Ship's log [manuscript<nowiki>]</nowiki> written on board the "Hawke" during two trips from England to India between 1795 and 1799]. The first volume documents a voyage under Captain R. Edwards from England to Calcutta and Madras between 1795 and 1797; the second volume lists the crew with their stations and wages at the beginning of the volume and documents another voyage, this time under Captain David B. Barker, to Madras and Calcutta between 1797 and 1799. Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania
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