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Watch Station and Quarter Bill of His Majesty's Sloop Harlequin, John Weeks, Esq. Commander

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Description: A small reference manual for the sloop Harlequin, including meticulous watercolor drawings of the ship, her signal flags, pennants and ensigns, a list of her crew and their stations, the watch bill, a list of officers, directions for various shipboard activities, diagrams showing sailors' positions for manning the yards, gun stations, and a fully stowed hold, etc., with dimensions of the Banshee, a smuggling lugger. Includes an index.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1820.
Call number: mssHM 70179
Creator: Harlequin (Sloop)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 24 September 2007. Ownership note of the Reverend Henry Middleton Short on verso of first flyleaf.

Log book and shipboard journal and watch, quarter and station bill of the USS Franklin

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The log book and shipboard journal, kept by First Lieutenant William M. Hunter on board the USS Franklin, begins on August 15, 1821 while the ship was in New York harbor waiting to set sail and ends August 26, 1824, shortly before the ship's return to New York. The log book includes all the usual information including daily entries listing the course of the ship, the ship's position, weather conditions, water remains, sick reports, and interactions with other ships. Hunter also comments often on the schooner Dolphin and its captain, David Conner, as it was accompanying the Franklin on its journey. It also includes several lengthy entries by Hunter detailing ports of call such as: Arica and Valparaíso, Chile; Callao, Peru; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and the Juan Fernández Islands. In these entries he talks about the activities of the crew, meeting local dignitaries, and even mentions Captain Stewart's wife Delia who was also on the voyage. Hunter also comments upon various aspects of the wars of independence against Spain including ships of the Chilean Navy returning from an engagement with Royalists and an attack on Arica, an "undefended town," by a Peruvian ship. The log book also includes 11 sketches by Hunter of various cities and places in South America and a larger chart of Cumberland Bay, also by Hunter, which is folded up and in the log book. The Watch, Quarter and Station bill for the USS Franklin is dated May 1824.

mssHM 70856-70857

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Private journal of a cruize in the U.S. schooner Enterprise Lt. A.S. Campbell Esq. commanding in the East Indias & China Seas

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Journal kept by Henry Cadwalader, a midshipman of the United States Navy on board the U.S. schooner Enterprise and U.S. sloop of war Peacock sailing to Zanzibar, Oman, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and Indonesia from August 1835 to April 1836. Cadwalader's entries are very detailed, and he makes comments on each port and town visited. He writes about his fellow sailors, life on board the ship, and the people he encounters on land. He describes street scenes and mentions other ships arriving in the harbor. The journal contains several sketches done by Cadwalader: on the page before title page there are several sketches of people and the ship Peacock (the page is torn so some sketches were lost) and there is a sketch of the "Town of Zanzibar from the Harbour" above the entry for September 17, 18, 19, 1835.

mssHM 83980

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Indicator Map of London : divided into quarter mile squares for measuring distance

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Attached tape measure used for locating streets by using attached directory. Alt title from cover. Enlosed pamphlet: "An alphabetical list of 7,000 streets to accompany the indicator map of London ... Also, a visitor's guide to the public buildings, theatres, and places of amusement in London and the environs, with a complete list of railway stations." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

254879

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Dr. John McLoughlin: an estimate of his character and influence

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Thesis on Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857) written by LeWanda C. Fenalson Cox as part of her BA degree from the University of Oregon. She began the thesis by noting "This paper seeks to dethrone a saint...there is no desire to evolve a demon...[instead] the search is for the man," and in many places this takes the form of criticism of McLoughlin's earlier biographers. Fenalson Cox then gives a brief biography of McLoughlin before writing more extensive analysis of his character, a criticism of his "Oregon City Claims" (McLoughlin became known as the "Father of Oregon"), expounding her belief in McLoughlin's hope for personal gain by aiding early settlers in Oregon, a section on his interactions with the Hudson Bay Company and what lead to the deterioration of the relationship, and a final section entitled "Why the Myth?" in which she sums up her conclusions about her views of reality and legend. Includes a bibliography.

mssHM 78045

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A true collection as well of all the Kinges Majesties offices and ffees in any the courts at Westminster as of all the offices and fees of his Majesties household, together with all ffees appertaining to Captaines and Souldiers...And likewise the offices and ffees of his Highness's honorable howses, parkes, fforests and chases within the said realme

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An early form of civil list for the king's chief household officials and other servants, including the names of those who had the gift of the office.

mssHM 56912

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John P. Nicholson letter to James Grant Wilson

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A carbon copy, typewritten letter, with typed signature, from John P. Nicholson to James G. Wilson concerning a request from Mrs. Lambert for information about her husband William H. Lambert. The letter is written on the letterhead of "Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States" from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William H. Lambert (1842-1912) was the manager of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company as well as the first president of the Lincoln Fellowship and an avid Abraham Lincoln collector. The letter is accompanied by three items: a typewritten list of the societies and institutions of which William H. Lambert was a member; a typewritten list of books and other publications written by Lambert; and a printed pamphlet of a letter from Lambert giving an account of the damage to his Lincoln collection that resulted from a fire at his residence.

mssHM 84105

Watch Station and Quarter Bill of His Majesty's Sloop Harlequin, John Weeks, Esq. Commander

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