Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/711
Title
Diaries of Zachary Macaulay in the West Indies and Sierra Leone
Date(s)
- May 1795-Oct. 1798 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
5 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
(1768-1838)
Biographical history
Son of John Macaulay and Margaret Campbell. His career was a varied one, managing an estate in Jamaica; being Governor of Sierra Leone, 1793-1709; editing the Christian Observer which was concerned with the slave trade, 1802-1816; and holding the post of… read more
Repository
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Lady Errington (Katharine Reine Errington, née Macaulay), Dec. 2008.
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Papers of Zachary Macaulay, including other journals kept by him while governor of Sierra Leone, at the Huntingdon Library, California, reference no. mssMY