Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Accounts of the brig Washington, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The logbooks, kept by the ships’ captains, detail the daily weather conditions and events on board, along with navigation information, such as speed and location. Sightings of passing ships, deaths of crew members, and damage caused by storms were also diligently documented in the books. The journal of the Isabella documents the trip from Canton, China to Philadelphia in 1829, and the logbook for the Consort recounts the brig’s journey from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Ca. in 1850. A...
Dates:
undated
Seaman’s Journal of the ship Isabella, January 4 - April 26, 1829
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The logbooks, kept by the ships’ captains, detail the daily weather conditions and events on board, along with navigation information, such as speed and location. Sightings of passing ships, deaths of crew members, and damage caused by storms were also diligently documented in the books. The journal of the Isabella documents the trip from Canton, China to Philadelphia in 1829, and the logbook for the Consort recounts the brig’s journey from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Ca. in 1850. A...
Dates:
January 4 - April 26, 1829
Logbook of the brig Consort, April 4 - December 20, 1850
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The logbooks, kept by the ships’ captains, detail the daily weather conditions and events on board, along with navigation information, such as speed and location. Sightings of passing ships, deaths of crew members, and damage caused by storms were also diligently documented in the books. The journal of the Isabella documents the trip from Canton, China to Philadelphia in 1829, and the logbook for the Consort recounts the brig’s journey from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Ca. in 1850. A...
Dates:
April 4 - December 20, 1850
Clippings from the logbook of the brig Consort, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The logbooks, kept by the ships’ captains, detail the daily weather conditions and events on board, along with navigation information, such as speed and location. Sightings of passing ships, deaths of crew members, and damage caused by storms were also diligently documented in the books. The journal of the Isabella documents the trip from Canton, China to Philadelphia in 1829, and the logbook for the Consort recounts the brig’s journey from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Ca. in 1850. A...
Dates:
undated
Alexander Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) Sunday Schools pamphlet, February 10, 1861
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The logbooks, kept by the ships’ captains, detail the daily weather conditions and events on board, along with navigation information, such as speed and location. Sightings of passing ships, deaths of crew members, and damage caused by storms were also diligently documented in the books. The journal of the Isabella documents the trip from Canton, China to Philadelphia in 1829, and the logbook for the Consort recounts the brig’s journey from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Ca. in 1850. A...
Dates:
February 10, 1861
Nautical calculations, April 28, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The logbooks, kept by the ships’ captains, detail the daily weather conditions and events on board, along with navigation information, such as speed and location. Sightings of passing ships, deaths of crew members, and damage caused by storms were also diligently documented in the books. The journal of the Isabella documents the trip from Canton, China to Philadelphia in 1829, and the logbook for the Consort recounts the brig’s journey from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Ca. in 1850. A...
Dates:
April 28, 1862
Isabella and Brig Consort logbooks
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: MS 3112
Abstract
Logbooks document the journeys of the ship Isabella from Canton, China to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1829 and the brig Consort from Philadelphia, Pa. to San Francisco, Ca. in 1850. Also includes a selection of other nautical materials.
Dates:
1829-1862