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Richard Malone log of the HMS Harrier

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Description: This ships' log was kept by Richard Malone for Commander Carew during the Harrier's three voyages to South America. Also included is the log of a short voyage in the Excellent, under Captain Sir Thomas Hastings. The volume includes ten manuscript maps (chiefly of waters off South America), one chart, and six original wash drawings of local views, profile elevations, etc., of Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Northern Peru, and other South American locales.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1835-1839.
Call number: mssHM 70181
Creator: Malone, Richard (active 1835-1839)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 24 September 2007.

James T. Jones papers

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A collection which consists of 67 letters written by James T. Jones to various family members living in New York. The letters describe life aboard ship off the eastern coast of South America and in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and San Salvador; the letters also describe life in San Francisco, California, from 1854 to 1869.

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James T. Jones papers

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Horatio Thomas Austin log of the HMS Salamander (Steam Sloop) and the HMS Medea (Steam Sloop)

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The present volume contains meticulously detailed ships' logs for the Steam Sloop HMS Salamander (April 10, 1833 - February 14, 1834) and the Steam Sloop HMS Medea (February 15-October 17, 1834) during the time each was commanded, in succession, by Captain Austin. During this period the ships were stationed primarily in British home waters: at Plymouth, Woolwich Dockyard, the Thames, and the Channel, and briefly off the coast of northern Spain. Included are fifteen miniature watercolor paintings of ships, coastlines, and the sea.

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A.J. Dale log of the HMS Ranger

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Log book with navigational information, mathematical exercises, and detailed daily entries concerning the activities of the Ranger while crusing off the coast of West Africa, charged with interdicting slave ships sailing between Africa and the Western Hemisphere. The volume includes comments on military and diplomatic efforts against the slave tade, encounters with American ships, and a one-day cruise up the Congo River.

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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.

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Newfoundland in 1842 [cartographic material] / Surveyed and drawn by Lieut. Col. Sir Richard Bonnycastle

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Manuscript map showing settled areas, population figures, industries and geological compositions. Elevations indicated by dashed lines. Coastal areas and water features are shaded in blue wash. The locations of expeditions by McCormack in 1827 and 1832 are shown.

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Richard Malone log of the HMS Harrier

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Newfoundland in 1842 [cartographic material] / Surveyed and drawn by Lieut. Col. Sir Richard Bonnycastle