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- Creator
- Emily Wilder (Bark)
- Call number
- MssCol 926
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Emily Wilder (Bark) logbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
This logbook was kept by Stephen Cloutman on board the bark Emily Wilder, which was commanded by Stephen B. Dow. Entries were made between October 8, 1845 and August 28, 1846 during which time the ship sailed from Salem, Massachusetts to Zanzibar via the Cape of Good Hope and Mojanga, Madagascar. From Zanzibar, the Emily Wilder sailed to Muscat, Aden and Mokha, returning to Aden and Zanzibar and later sailing to Nossi-Be Island, Madagascar, back to Mojanga and Zanzibar, and again to Mojanga, where the entries end. There is no mention of cargo in this logbook
Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- Aden (Yemen)
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
- Mahajanga (Madagascar)
- Muscat (Oman)
- Nosy-Be Island (Madagascar)
- Salem (Mass.)
- Zanzibar
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