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Schooner Fox log
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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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John Fox Damon papers
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The collection consists of letters, documents, a journal, and ephemera related to the life and activities of John Fox Damon. Subject matter includes: San Francisco and California during the Gold Rush period (from 1849 to 1856); the gold rush period in British Columbia, Canada, including five letters from Victoria and a journal of a trip up the Fraser River to the Cariboo district in 1859; Oregon (from 1856 to 1866); Washington (from 1876 to 1883). Many letters in the collection describe the activities of the Scottish Rite Masons.
mssHM 4300-4362
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John Fox Damon papers
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The collection consists of letters, documents, a journal, and ephemera related to the life and activities of John Fox Damon. Subject matter includes: San Francisco and California during the Gold Rush period (from 1849 to 1856); the gold rush period in British Columbia, Canada, including five letters from Victoria and a journal of a trip up the Fraser River to the Cariboo district in 1859; Oregon (from 1856 to 1866); Washington (from 1876 to 1883). Many letters in the collection describe the activities of the Scottish Rite Masons.
mssHM 4300-4362
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Autograph diary of Charles Cochran who went to the gold fields of California
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The diary contains argonaut Charles Cochran's descriptions of an ocean journey on the barque "Strafford," which left New York on Feb. 3, 1849, bound for the gold fields of California via the Cape Horn route. Cochran relates adventures on board the ship as well as sightings of other vessels and describes visits to St. Catherine Island (Brazil) and the Island of Mas-a-tierra. The diary ends with Cochran's description of San Francisco Bay on Aug. 29, 1849.
mssHM 58071
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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.
mssHM 70856-70857
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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.
mssHM 64534