Lady Penrhyn logbook

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1415", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1415", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Lady Penrhyn logbook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1789-1791", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1789/1791"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".21 linear foot (1 volume)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"The author of this logbook and diary is unknown; it was possibly kept by either Daniel Osborne or Holbrook Gaskell. It describes a journey from Kilkenny, Scotland to Liverpool, England, thence on board the Lady Penrhyn to Philadelphia via Madeira, thence a return to Liverpool. Entries give the costs of travel, lists of supplies for the voyage, descriptions of weather conditions and places visited, lists of imports and exports of Philadelphia and Liverpool from 1785-1792, taxes of France and England, and other matters"}

date_inclusive_start

1789

date_inclusive_end

1791

origination

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

keydate

1789

prefercite

{"value"=>"Lady Penrhyn logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1789

date_end

1791

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