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- Creator
- Lady Penrhyn (Ship)
- Call number
- MssCol 1415
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Lady Penrhyn logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
The author of this logbook and diary is unknown; it was possibly kept by either Daniel Osborne or Holbrook Gaskell. It describes a journey from Kilkenny, Scotland to Liverpool, England, thence on board the Lady Penrhyn to Philadelphia via Madeira, thence a return to Liverpool. Entries give the costs of travel, lists of supplies for the voyage, descriptions of weather conditions and places visited, lists of imports and exports of Philadelphia and Liverpool from 1785-1792, taxes of France and England, and other matters
Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- Kilkenny (Ireland) -- Description and travel
- Liverpool (England) -- Description and travel
- Madeira (Madeira Islands) -- Description and travel
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel
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