Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, Washington Allston, and unidentified ship logbooks

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 742", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"742", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, Washington Allston, and unidentified ship logbooks"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1835-1854", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1835/1854"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"These two logbooks were kept by Sargent S. Day on board numerous ships. One volume contains entries made from May 27, 1835-November 28, 1838 aboard an unidentified ship on voyages between Boston; Hobart, Tasmania; and Sydney, New South Wales in 1835-1836 and a voyage from Boston to St. Joseph, Florida, in November 1838 The other volume is a logbook kept on board the ships Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, and Washington Allston between 1851 and 1854. Entries were made on a voyage from San Francisco to Calcutta aboard the Austerlitz, in September -November 1851. That ship was abandoned and the crew was taken on board the N. B. Palmer, bound for Shanghai. This logbook also contains entries made from December 23, 1851- March 17, 1852 aboard the Shooting Star, whose shipmaster was Judah P. Baker, on a voyage from Canton to Boston. and aboard the Washington Allston, of which Sargent S. Day was shipmaster, from Boston to San Francisco, Singapore, Penang, Calcutta, and back to Boston, from September 1, 1852-January 14, 1854"}

date_inclusive_start

1835

date_inclusive_end

1854

origination

{"value"=>"Day, Sargent S", "type"=>"persname"}

keydate

1835

prefercite

{"value"=>"Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, Washington Allston, and unidentified ship logbooks, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.13 linear feet (2 volumes)

date_start

1835

date_end

1854

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