Seafaring career papers of Captain William E Jones, P and O (P&O).
DX/2464
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Career papers re Captain William E Jones (born 4 August 1879, Penrhyn), P & O, then Harbour master, Calcutta, India. Includes discharge book, passport, photographs in uniform, photograph album including family images & typhoon damage in Hong Kong. Master's Certificate of Compentency number 037544, issued Liverpool 28 May 1906. Newspaper cuttings - death of Mrs Jones & retirement of William, no date. Accountancy text book 'The Waste Book', c1776-1801 includes draft accounts of slave trade voyage.