Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from March 24 - June 30, 1794, with entries written aboard ship on the return journey and in or near Batavia (now Jakarta).
Fonds comprises the personal papers of James Dinwiddie, which include lecture notes, scientific journals, notebooks, manuscript, early experiments, correspondence, personal journals and also some records from the Royal Institution for 1808-1814. His papers also include the journals of W.J. Proudfoot and a biography of his father (and Dinwiddie's son-in-law), James Proudfoot.