U.S.S. Boxer logbook

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1801", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1801", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"U.S.S. Boxer logbook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1816", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1816"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".08 linear foot (1 volume)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"This logbook was kept on board the U.S.S. Boxer by Timothy Gay, midshipman in the United States Navy, from March 13-July 18, 1816. The ship was commanded by Lieutenant John Porter. Entries describe cruises between Havana and New Orleans. Around April 7, the Argus crew boarded and detained the Carthagenian Privateer \"Comet,\" finding a cargo of gold and silver bars, and fourteen slaves taken from Saint Andrew Island. An entry describes two men found guilty of murder of the Governor of Saint Andrew Island. On June 3, Argus crew boarded the Brig \"Hunter,\" from Cadiz, and learned that and officer and three men on the U.S.S. \"Constellation\" had been killed by the Spanish at Port Mahon and the American squadron there had been ordered to leave. Mentions ships carrying rum and sugar to foreign ports. Log is incomplete"}

date_inclusive_start

1816

date_inclusive_end

1816

origination

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

keydate

1816

prefercite

{"value"=>"U.S.S. Boxer logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.08 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1816

date_end

1816

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