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- Creator
- Providence (Ship : 1822)
- Call number
- MssCol 11
- Physical description
- .15 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Providence logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Alfred C. Adams, 2nd officer, kept this logbook on the merchant ship Providence, owned by Edward Carrington & Co. and commanded by Captain C. B. Peirce from December 10, 1838 through April 26, 1840. During this time, the ship sailed from Providence, Rhode Island to Batavia and Manila, thence to Macao where it discharged rum and "boxes said to contain treasure;" to Hong Kong, leaving sugar and pepper and loading cotton, lead, and ivory; and to Whampoa (near Canton) for more cotton. Entries mention minor hostilities between the Chinese and the British, resulting from Chinese objection to trade invasion. From China, the Providence sailed toward New York, via Batavia and St. Helena. The log ends en route
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Commerce -- History
- Cotton trade
- International economic relations -- History
- International trade
- Ivory industry
- Lead industry and trade
- Logbooks
- Merchant ships
- Rum industry
- Spice trade
- Sugar trade
Places
- Batavia (Suriname)
- China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China
- Hong Kong (China)
- Huangpu Qu (Guangzhou Shi, China)
- Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
- Manila (Philippines)
- Netherlands
- Providence (R.I.)
- Saint Helena
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328