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Cockburn, W. (William), 1773-1858
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 580
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
William Cockburn is believed to be the author of this logbook, kept on board the H.M.S. Aeolus under Commander John Elliott from January 1, 1759-April 30, 1760 and on board the H.M.S. Norwich from May 1, 1760 through September 22, 1762. The Aeolus...
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Sally (Brig)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2668
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
These two volumes are the logbook and memorandum book kept aboard the brig Sally, of New York, on a voyage from Gibraltar, Mahon, Genoa, Barcelona, and Sarlo(?), carrying freight and passengers from February 1-September 12, 1769. From the Sabin...
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Independence (Schooner)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 365
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Charles Bradstreet kept this logbook onboard the schooner Independence, captained by Adam Merill. It contains entries made between January 13 and March 31, 1841. During this time, the schooner sailed from Boston to Cuba and back again. The logbook...
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McLaughlin, J. T
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1946
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
J. T. McLaughlin, a midshipman in the United States Navy, kept this diary and logbook of the U.S.S. Erie and U.S.S. Boston. Log entries for the U.S.S. Erie date from September 1-October 3, 1828, during a voyage from New York to the West Indies,...
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Grand Turk (Brig)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 159
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept by Commander William Austin on board the private armed brig Grand Turk during a voyage from Boston to the Mediterranean Sea. Entries were made between July 3 and November 17, 1815. Grand Turk carried fourteen guns
Guerriere (Frigate)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 272
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This volume was kept by John M. Berrien, midshipman in the United States Navy. It contains a log of the U.S.S. Guerriere, commanded by John Smith and bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Charles C.B. Thompson. Entries were made between February...
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Woodforde, William
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 123
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
William Woodforde kept these logbooks (2 vols.) of the H.M.S. Ariadne and H.M.S. Astrea. Entries for the Ariadne date September 16, 1780 through February 10, 1781, when the ship sailed from the Isle of May (Scotland) in a convoy, by way of...
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Wilson, George
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 971
.15 linear feet (1 volume)
These logbooks were kept by George Wilson on board the H. M. Ships Falcon and Pluto. The Falcon's log entries date from October 19, 1829 through December 5, 1831 while the ship was off the coast of Africa and in the West Indies and England. It...
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Firebrand (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1003
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook of the H.M.S. Firebrand and the H.M.S. Frolic was kept by the same (unknown) author. Entries pertaining to the Firebrand were made from December 1, 1847-June 16, 1848, when the ship sailed along the South American coast, stopping at:...
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Ganymede (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1110
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook of the H.M.S. Ganymede, a British ship of war captained by John Brett Purvis, was kept by Francis A. Murray, master's mate, while cruising in the Mediterranean, stopping at Trieste, Corfu, Palermo, Gibraltar, thence to Bermuda and...
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Griffon (Sloop)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1247
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept by Lieutenant Francis A. Murray on board the H.M.S. Griffon, a sloop of war, between March 7, 1816 and September 8, 1817, during the ship's travels from Spithead, England to St. Helena, cruising in the vicinity of St. Helena,...
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Isis (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1528
.19 linear feet (1 volume)
The logbooks of the H.M.S. Isis (1805), H.M.S. Confiance (1807-1808), H.M.S. Salvadore del Mundo (1810), H.M.S. Sceptre (1810-1811), and H.M.S. Southampton (1811-1812) - all British ships of war - are bound together in this volume
Liverpool (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1777
.06 linear feet (1 volume)
Midshipman Frederick John Rendell kept this logbook on board the H.M.S. Liverpool, captained by Rowley Lambert, Esq., from April 29, 1863 through June 5, 1864. The volume, whose covers are missing, includes six maps and six sketches. Entries...
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Lowestoffe (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1796
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Joseph Bromwich, Master's Mate, kept this logbook of the H.M.S. Lowestoffe, commanded by William Lockyer. Entries date from January 24, 1779 through June 5, 1780. The Lowestoffe sailed primarily in the West Indies area, with one brief foray into...
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Mars (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1879
.06 linear feet (1 volume)
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...
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Menai (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1961
.06 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept on board the H.M.S. Menai, a British ship of war, from August 9, 1820 through December 4, 1821, while cruising off the coast of southern Africa, calling at or passing St. Simon's Bay, St. Helena, Johanna Island, Port Louis,...
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Narcissus (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2092
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook of the H.M.S. Narcissus, a British ship of war captained by F.M. Almer, was kept from January 1, 1811 through March 11, 1812 by Lieutenant Charles Tindal. During this time, the ship sailed from Falmouth to the Isle of Gomera, Madeira,...
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H.M.S. Niemen
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1270
.19 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept on board the H.M.S. Niemen, a British ship of war captained by S. Pym, from May 6, 1812 through May 5, 1814 by Lieutenant Charles Tindal. The ship traveled from the Basque Roads to Cherbourg, Lisbon, Portsmouth, St. Helena,...
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Orlando (Cruiser)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2303
.17 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept by [?] Leir on board the H.M.S. Orlando, H.M.S. Aurora, H.M.S. Grafton, H.M.S. Powerful, H.M.S. Victorious, and H.M.S. Terrible while cruising from Portsmouth, England stopping at the ports of Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said,...
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Harnage, George
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1322
.84 linear feet (2 boxes)
These journals (8 vols.) were kept by Commander George Harnage (alternately called George Blackman) while serving in the British Navy from 1807-1822, advancing through the ranks from midshipman to commander and covering service on board the...
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Pluto (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2439
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept on board three British ships of war: the H.M.S. Pluto, H.M.S. Curlew, and H.M.S. Dee. Entries for the Pluto date from July 25-December 4, 1833, while the ship was off the west coast of Africa. Entries for the Curlew date from...
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Rattlesnake (Frigate)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 108
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Talavera Vernon Anson kept this logbook on board the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, a British ship of war, from November 15, 1827 through March 31, 1829. The ship was cruising off the west coast of Greece during most of this time and was captained by the...
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Success (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2918
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook of the H.M.S. Success was kept from April 1909-August 1811, while the ship was under Captain Axscough and from August 24, 1812-August 23, 1813, while the ship was off the American coast, under Captain Th. Barclay, during the War of 1812
Téméraire (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1330
.4 linear feet (6 volumes)
J[ames?] Harris, a midshipman in the British Royal Navy, kept this logbook (6 vols.) on board the H.M.S. Téméraire from October 1, 1807 through September 11, 1810. The ship was commanded by Captain Charles Hamilton and sailed from Bembridge, Isle...
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Thracian (Sloop)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2986
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept on board the sloop of war H.M.S. Thracian, commanded by John Carter, from April 15, 1813 through April 30, 1815. During this time, the ship cruised in the North Sea, primarily in the vicinity of the West Indies
Robinson, Robert Spencer, Sir, 1809-1889
H.M.S. Yarrow and H.M.S Dublin logbooks with notes about H.M.S. Hydra and H.M.S. Arrogant, 1831-1851
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2592
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Sir Robert Spencer Robinson kept this volume, which contains a log of the H.M.S. Yarrow and the H.M.S. Dublin, as well as notes about the H.M.S. Hydra and the H.M.S. Arrogant. The H.M.S. Dublin log was kept from August 2, 1831-May 4, 1832, when...
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Hannah (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1307
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook was kept aboard the sloop Hannah of Taunton, Massachusetts during voyages between Bristol and Newport, Rhode Island and Norfolk, Virginia between December 16, 1819 and August 1, 1820. Hannah was a merchant ship
Hawk (Sloop)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1357
.04 linear feet (1 volume)
James Graham, mate, kept this logbook on board the Hawk, a sloop of Newburgh, New York. Entries are from June 2-August 4, 1770, during a voyage from Sandy Hook, New Jersey to St. John's Island, Antigua; Turks Island, Bahamas; and return to New...
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Henry Clay (Ship)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1383
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This logbook of the merchant ship Henry Clay was kept by its captain, Ezra Nye, on the ship's maiden voyage as well as subsequent voyages between New York, Liverpool and Cork. Entries include notes on the weather. Inserted in the volume is a...
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Gilmore, James Clifford, 1834-1918
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1160
.02 linear feet (1 volume)
James Clifford Gilmore, a sea captain of Searsport, Maine, kept this logbook of the ships Henry Darling and Caro. He kept the log on board the bark Henry Darling from 1860-1862 on voyages from Boston, New York, and Portland to Valparaiso, Havana,...
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