| Sender Location | H.M.S. Bulldog, Portsmouth |
| Transcript or Index | H.M.S. Bulldog, Portsmouth 11 June /60 Sir, As I find it impossible to sail before the 15th in consequence of the time required to prepare the apparatus for deep sea sounding, I take the liberty of writing to ask whether my presence will be required at Cambridge on the 16th instant? I am Sir, yours Sincerely F Leopold McClintock The Revd. F Gell [added in pencil in later hand, Chaplain to Bp. of London afterwards Bp. of Madras] Fulham Palace |