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- Creator
- Woodforde, William
- Call number
- MssCol 123
- Physical description
- .08 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- H.M.S. Ariadne and H.M.S Astrea logbooks, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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 Yarmouth and Newport (England) to the Carolinas. Entries for the Astrea date from May 8-December 31, 1782, when the ship was part of a convoy sailing between Cape Henry, Quebec and New York City, apparently patrolling the coastline. Woodforde mentions several skirmishes with American and foreign vessels
Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- Cape Henry (Virginia Beach, Va.)
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States -- 18th century
- May, Isle of (Scotland)
- Newport (Isle of Wight, England)
- North Carolina
- Québec (Province)
- South Carolina
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- 18th century
- Yarmouth (England)
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328