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`Gratefull to Providence': The Diary and Accounts of Matthew Flinders, Surgeon, Apothecary, and Man-Midwife, 1775-1802 - Volume II: 1785-1802 (Hardcover)
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`Gratefull to Providence': The Diary and Accounts of Matthew Flinders, Surgeon, Apothecary, and Man-Midwife, 1775-1802 - Volume II: 1785-1802 (Hardcover)
Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society
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Diaries and account books provide rich evidence for daily life at
the time - and the early years of Matthew Flinders, credited with
naming Australia. This volume presents [and completes] the edition
of the diary and account books of Matthew Flinders, surgeon and
apothecary of Donington in south Lincolnshire. His son, also
Matthew, who later won renown as the first circumnavigator of
Australia, appears here as a schoolboy, choosing not to follow his
father as an apothecary but pursuing instead a career at sea. The
diary records the social life of Donington - magical deceptions at
the Bull and the visit of a theatre company - and the joys and
sorrows of family life. Flinders's success in business led to
investments in land and government securities, yet his fear of
poverty was never far away and his wish to sell up and retire was
never realised. The war with France is a recurring theme, both in
the ever-increasing taxes imposed to pay for it, and in the local
patriotism evoked by Nelson's victory at the Nile, and that of the
'Glorious First of June' in which the young Matthew took part.
Other national events shown to impinge on country life and
mentioned in the diary include the king's recovery from madness in
1789 [celebrated by the illumination of the whole town]. Overall,
it affords a rare glimpse into everyday life at the time.
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