W.A Pearce Index: Royal Society Collection

Child's copybook, William Alfred Pearce, (Somerset House School) 1860. Diary 1863, Aug. 31 - 31 May 1864. Diary probably of W.A. Pearce - noting weather, jobs on board,etc. Ship's Log 1865, Feb - Sept. 1866. Log of the brig 'Wild Wave' (master, W.A.Pearce) on voyages from Hobart to Taranaki and Valparaiso, etc. Letter 6 Feb. 1868 Letter from W.A. Pearce to his brother, describing weather, ship - heavy rigged and making 20 inches water a day, to be caulked in Mauritius. Photograph of brig 'Wild Wave', at wharf, red ensign and 'house flag' blue with white star, painted in. N.D. RS 8