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Description: 'Journal - No. 5 / Kept by L. Macquarie / Commencing 12 Sept. 1801; and / Ending the 14th July 1804.' Includes: reunion with his brother Charles in Alexandria, 24 Sept - 6 Oct 1801; appointment as Deputy-Adjutant General of all British forces in Egypt, 8 Dec 1801; promotion to Major in the 86th Regiment, 11 Feb 1802; journey from Alexandria to Suez, 12-28 May 1802; voyage to Bombay 5 June - 2 July 1802; promotion to brevet lieutenant-colonel 6 Sept 1802; resignation of command of the 86th Regiment, 15 Nov 1802; Voyage to England via Capetown and St Helena, 6 Jan - 7 May 1803; presentation to King George III, 18 May 1803 and Queen Charlotte, 26 May 1803; visit to Cheltenham and Bath to take the waters, 18 June - 6 July 1803; appointment as Assistant-Adjutant-General of the London District 15 July 1803; promotion to lieutenant-colonel on the staff 17 Nov 1803; social and military life in London; journey to the Island of Mull and reunion with his mother and his uncle, Maclaine of Lochbuy, on his death bed, 17 June - 14 July 1804.
Reproduction of: Journal of Lachlan Macquarie, 1801-1804 12 Sep 1801 - 14 Jul 1804.