Manuscript documents and letters, illustrating the daily life and responsibilities of sea captains in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The collection includes documents relating to Captain Robert Poultney in Jamaica and letters on personal and naval...
Description:
Robert Poultney was the captain of the ship Loretta in Jamaica in 1762-1764.
Subject (Geographic):
Mediterranean Region and Brittany (France)
Subject (Name):
Poultney, Robert., Wainwright, John, Captain., Chiffonne (Ship), Great Britain. Royal Navy, and Loretta (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Sea life, Aids to navigation, Coasts, Navigation, Seafaring life, Ship captains, and Description and travel
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan c...
Description:
Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., British Columbia., Hawaii, Pacific Coast (Alaska), Pacific Coast (B.C.), and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Furgerson, Samuel., Hill, Samuel., and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, History, and Description and travel
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan c...
Description:
Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., British Columbia., Hawaii, Pacific Coast (Alaska), Pacific Coast (B.C.), and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Furgerson, Samuel., Hill, Samuel., and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, History, and Description and travel
Bound manuscript diary ([275] pages) which begins on March 18, 1879, as Benson leaves Boston for Madagascar and Zanzibar. He arrives in Tamature (Toamasina), Madagascar, in mid-June 1879, spends a month in port, and then two weeks in Zanzibar. After s...
Description:
Charles Benson (1830-1881) was an African American sailor serving as steward on the bark Glide, a merchant ship carrying bales of cotton goods to Madagascar and Zanzibar, and picking up rubber there. For further information on Benson and his diaries s...
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts, Salem., United States., Madagascar, United States, Madagascar., Tanzania, Zanzibar., and Zanzibar
Subject (Name):
Benson, Charles A., 1830-1881., Benson, Margaret Jenny, (d. 1921), and Glide (Bark)
Subject (Topic):
African American sailors, Merchant ships, Sailors, Medical care, Seafaring life, and Commerce
Manuscript letterbook containing copies of Davy family correspondence, primarily letters from and to the Reverend Charles Davy's youngest son Frederick during his journey to India and China. Frederick's letters describe is long voyage to India, includ...
Description:
"Morning Prayer" and "Evening Prayer" on p. 350-353.
Subject (Geographic):
India., China, Great Britain., Vietnam, Southern, Great Britain, China., India, Madeira (Madeira Islands), Malabar Coast (India), and United States
Subject (Name):
Crofts, Charles., Davy, C. 1755?-1836. (Charles),, Davy, Charles, 1722-1797., Davey family., and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
British, Seafaring life, Slavery, Travelers' writings, English, Commerce, Description and travel, History, Social life and customs, and Foreign public opinion, British
The brig Lydia was on a fur trading voyage from Boston to the northwest coast of North America in 1805-1807, Capt. Samuel Hill in command. Along with the log, the volume contains an account of the rescue of John Thompson and John R. Jewitt from the In...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel, Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821, Lydia (Brig), Thompson, John, and Walker, William, Jr.
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest Coast of North America--19th century, Indian captivities, Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America, Seafaring life, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
The brig Lydia was on a fur trading voyage from Boston to the northwest coast of North America in 1804-05, Capt. Samuel Hill in command. Along with the log the volume contains an abstract from Joel Richardson's journal regarding the Atahualpa massacre...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America and Northwest Coast of North America.
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel. 1777-1825., Hurd, Isaac, 1782-1828., Richardson, Joel., Atahualpa (Ship), Lydia (Brig), and Swift (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade, Massacres, Voyages and travels, History, and Seafaring life
The journals, blotter, and ledger, kept by Ralph Haskins, record the voyage of the ship Atahualpa in the years 1800-1803, from Boston to the northwest coast of America, and then to Canton, China, and back to Boston
Description:
Available on microfilm.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America, Guangzhou (China), and Northwest Coast of North America.
Subject (Name):
Haskins, Ralph, 1779-1852. and Atahualpa (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade, History, Seafaring life, and Voyages and travels
The journals, blotter, and ledger, kept by Ralph Haskins, record the voyage of the ship Atahualpa in the years 1800-1803, from Boston to the northwest coast of America, and then to Canton, China, and back to Boston
Description:
Available on microfilm.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America, Guangzhou (China), and Northwest Coast of North America.
Subject (Name):
Haskins, Ralph, 1779-1852. and Atahualpa (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade, History, Seafaring life, and Voyages and travels
