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- Creator
- Hawk (Sloop)
- Call number
- MssCol 1357
- Physical description
- .04 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Hawk logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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 York and include observations, weather notes, and other information. Hugh Thomson and Hezekiah Wyatt respectively acted as master of the vessel. Volume includes a chart of the voyage drawn by Graham
Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- Atlantic Ocean -- Description and travel
- Saint John's (Antigua and Barbuda) -- Description and travel
- Turks Island Passage (Turks and Caicos Islands) -- Description and travel
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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