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E.L.L.K. poems and journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0153
Abstract
This volume chronicles four voyages made by the Brig Romance between Baltimore, Maryland, and Navassa Island in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. The creator, identified as “E.L.L.K.” (possibly Louis King), wrote the entire volume in poetic verse.
Dates:
approximately 1870s
Voyage to China: To China and back
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0030
Abstract
These four volumes contain three handwritten variations of the travel narrative of nineteenth-century American sailor George Arthur Gray recorded on his roundtrip voyage from Boston to China between March 1863 and May 1866. The original diary entries were expanded into a full narrative, which Gray apparently hoped to publish. The narrative focuses on Chinese social customs, the Chinese coast, and the details of a sailor's life.
Dates:
1863-1869