H.M.S. Mars and H.M.S. Formidable logbook

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{"value"=>"1879", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"H.M.S. Mars and H.M.S. Formidable logbook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1862-1863", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1862/1863"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"This volume contains logbooks of the H.M.S. Mars and the H.M.S. Formidable. The Mars was captained by James Newburgh Strange, and this log was kept by Midshipman Frederick John Rendell from January 1, 1862 through February 7, 1863. It contains fourteen maps, four pen sketches, and two watercolor sketches, and it was kept while cruising in the Levant, stopping at Athens, Beirut, Larnaka, and other locations, thence to Spithead, England The logbook of the H.M.S. Formidable, bearing the flag of Vice Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope and captained by William Garnham Luard, was also kept by Rendell. Entries were made from February 8-May 2, 1863, while the ship was at Sheerness, England"}

date_inclusive_start

1862

date_inclusive_end

1863

origination

{"value"=>"Mars (Ship)", "type"=>"corpname"}

keydate

1862

prefercite

{"value"=>"H.M.S. Mars and H.M.S. Formidable logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.06 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1862

date_end

1863

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