Catalogue description Extract from the journals of Thomas Ford Hill, 1785

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Details of 1922/D85
Reference: 1922/D85
Title: Extract from the journals of Thomas Ford Hill, 1785
Description:

Series Title: Original Diaries

 

Account of Hill's unsuccessful attempt to ascend Mont Blanc in August 1785, with a note written a few months later, after Mont Blanc had been successfully ascended for the first time, and an account of a scramble on a glacier. Note by Edward Ford on de Saussure.

 

Author: HILL, Thomas Ford

 

Contains: Typescript: Extracts from the journals of Thomas Ford Hill, 1785 [8 pp.]. Piece Ref: 1922/D85/1

 

Places: Mont Blanc

Date: 1785
Held by: Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 file (10 p. +i)
Physical condition: Typescript
Custodial history:

Original journals in the possession of Edward Ford, a descendant. This typed transcription made by him and presented to the Alpine Club 1991 (see covering letter).

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