Manuscripts
Log book and shipboard journal and watch, quarter and station bill of the USS Franklin
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Letter book, journal, ships' log, photographs
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, a letter book, manuscripts, a journal, a sketch of Fort Ludlow, Washington, a map, and documents. There is one logbook related to the voyage of the Ship Sarah Parker to San Francisco via Cape Horn, from 1852 to 1855, visits to North Pacific ports, and the return trip to Massachusetts. The journal in the collection is by Charlotte Coffin Gardner. The collection also contains a few accounts for the ships Courier, Mary Mitchell, and Flora. There is also correspondence in the collection from 1920 to 1965, most of which is between Grace Brown Gardner, the granddaughter of William B. Gardner and Charlotte Gardner, and Eleanor Jane Graves. This correspondence focuses on the Gardner journal and early Nantucket inhabitants. There are also photographs of William B. Garner and Charlotte Gardiner, dated between 1850 and 1870.
mssHM 39178-39180
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Watch Station and Quarter Bill of His Majesty's Sloop Harlequin, John Weeks, Esq. Commander
Manuscripts
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.
mssHM 70179
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Track of the USS Fredonia from San Francisco to Valparaìso
Manuscripts
The track is a log of the daily latitude and longitude of the ship during the voyage
mssHM 62920
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Journal for the year 1854
Manuscripts
This diary contains daily descriptions of an ocean voyage on the barque Auckland, which left Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 12, 1854 and arrived in San Francisco, CA, on May 7th of the same year. The author daily describes the ship's position and the wind conditions but the poor condition of the food on board the ship and subsequent fighting on the ship dominates many of the author's entries. There are also descriptions of stops in Tahiti, the Hawaiian Islands and Sydney, Australia
mssHM 60318
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A.J. Dale log of the HMS Ranger
Manuscripts
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
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Schooner Fox log
Manuscripts
This log was kept on the U.S. Schooner Fox during a patrol in the Caribbean from February to May 1823. It describes several encounters and sightings of pirate ships, including the capture of a pirate ship.
mssHM 78363