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Nathaniel Hathorne logbook
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Nathaniel Milliken tailor's ledger
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Item is a ledger belonging to Nathaniel Milliken from Boston, Massachusetts dating approximately 1792-1828. Volume is fragile with deteriorating spine.
mssHM 49495
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Account of a journey to California
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This narrative, written by an unknown author, details a journey to California via Texas and Mexico, including travel by sea from Mexico to San Francicso. Life in the gold mines is described, as is the return voyage via Panama.
mssHM 4162
Orderly book of Nathaniel Goodwin, 1778-1780, (bulk 1778, Aug. -- Dec.)
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Regimental orders, muster rolls, pay abstracts, weekly returns, communications, memorials, etc. of Nathaniel Goodwin's command. Also, some copies of communications from Gerrish's headquarters, including the "Orders issued at Winter Hill, Nov. 8, 1778," "Copy of Orders to That Captain Commanding Each Division of German Troops, Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1778," signed by Nathaniel Goodwin, a copy of the letter from William Heath to Jacob Gerrish (Boston, Nov. 1, 1778), "Rout of the German Troops from Cambridge to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on Marching," signed by James Richardson," "Rout of the British Troops from Rutland to Enfield drawing 4 days provisions on March," miscellaneous diary entries, and Goodwin's letters to Nathaniel Heath, Benjamin Beals, Abram Washburn, and other officers in his detachment, chiefly regarding settling the companies' accounts. (1779-1780). Item contains 61 leaves in bound volume.
mssHM 68484
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Bark Afton of New Bedford logbook
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Logbook detailing the journey of the whaling bark Afton of New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the North and South Atlantic and Eastern Pacific regions. Details include the bark's position, longitude and latitude, wind speed, direction, encounters with marine life, whaling activities, and land activities, as well as drawings and stamps. The logbook's first entry is November 13, 1858, and its last is August 9, 1862. At the end of the log are accounts of the amounts of whale oil collected. Accompanied by photocopies of related items, including pages from an Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, from 1887, regarding the loss of the Afton in the Pacific Ocean.
mssHM 84221
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Photographs of Casa Bella, Nathaniel Hawthorne's house in Florence, Italy
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Photographs taken in Florence, Italy, by Kay S. House; Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in Casa Bella from late May to August, 1858. Each photograph has a typed label on verso.
mssHM 83574
John T. Hudson logbook, 1807-1808
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This logbook, kept by John T. Hudson, includes accounts of journeys from the Sandwich [Hawaiian] Islands to Canton and Canton to Boston. The log is in two main sections. The first section comprises 9 pages and is headed: "Remarks on board ship Mercury. Wm. H. Davis, from Sandwich Islands towards Canton." The first entry is dated 15th October, 1806 [actually 1807]. It concludes November 29, 1807. Davis was the father of William Heath Davis, Jr. an early Californian and important San Diego pioneer. Entries mention the Hawaiian royal family, cargo including bananas and taro, and ports along the way. He mentions taking leave of his ship Tamana. The second section comprises 42 pages and is headed, "Ship O'Cain from Canton to Boston." The first entry is February 14, 1808 and concludes on June 15, 1808. His notes include lists and prices of skins purchased, lists of items such as sewing silks, India cotton, china and glassware, lace, liquors, tobacco, paper & ink, powder & shot, knives, axes, etc. Several shorter sections occur towards the end of the volume, including one headed: "The purchase of sea otter skins at San Blas." Much of the volume is blank. The very last pages of entries include only a few lines: "Don Luis Munoz de Gusman. Captain General of Chile." "Don Manuel Rodriguez, Comd. of the Port of St. Diego." and a list of several names including: Capt. James Rowen, William H. Davis, Samuel C. Blodget, Clifford, and Boyd. Several loose pages of writing containing notes and navigational calculations are laid in volume.
mssHM 83408