U.S.S. Lexington logbook

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1748", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1748", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

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

unitdate

{"value"=>"1837-1838", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1837/1838"}

physdesc

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

abstract

{"value"=>"This logbook of the U.S.S. Lexington was kept between July 13, 1837 and April 25, 1838 by Pierre Cortlandt Van Wyck, a midshipman in the United States Navy. The ship was commanded by John H. Clark and cruised from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Boston to Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Callao, Islay, and other locations"}

date_inclusive_start

1837

date_inclusive_end

1838

origination

{"value"=>"Lexington (Sloop)", "type"=>"corpname"}

keydate

1837

prefercite

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

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1837

date_end

1838

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