Sailing ships--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111142
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ship's log for the snow Susana
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0022
Abstract
Ship's log kept by George Dodds [Dods] aboard the snow Susana documenting the voyage from Newport, Rhode Island, to Havana, Cuba, from December 21, 1799, to March 20, 1800.
Dates:
1799 December 21-1800 March 20
Letters written during a South American cruise
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0460
Abstract
This collection consists of one letterbook containing ten long letters from an anonymous Philadelphian to his friend, Ned, written between 1826-1827. The author, a crew member on the frigate Brandywine, vividly and poetically describes life on board the ship and ashore in South America.
Dates:
1826-1827, 1832