Royal Navy.- Anti-slavery operations.- White (Joseph, shipbuilder) Small archive relating to Joseph White, the Waterwitch and its African operations, manuscripts, including ''Slave Vessels captured by HMB Waterwitch between 1st May 1839 & 1st May 1843', 3pp., with details of the number of slaves on board each vessel captured, 1843; Table of sea trials for Seawitch and other vessels, single folio sheet, recto only, n.d.; an ALs from Lt. Henry Matson on board Waterwitch off the coast of Angola, relating to the sea trials of various vessels, including Wolverene, Dolphin and Colombine, 5pp., folds, some spotting, 25th November, 1840; and a promissory note for £500 for the building of Waterwitch from the Earl of Belfast, 9th June 1835, 1835-43 (4 pieces).

⁂ Waterwitch was built in 1832 as a racing yacht of experimental design and was purchased in 1834 by the Navy, spending the remainder of its career on the West Africa station. It was the last privately built vessel to be bought by the Admiralty for use as a man-of-war. It served with distinction on the anti-slavery patrol during the middle decades of the nineteenth century.