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Logbooks

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Great Britain Admiralty account book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0229
Abstract

The account book includes individual wages for officers and crews; allowances for victuals; prices of provisions to be paid to and by the Purser; various allowances and expense lists; lists of French, Dutch and Algiers fleets, including ship names and guns; as well as lists of the major Royal Navy commands, the red, white, and blue squadrons, with ships assigned to each, their commanders, guns, and names of flag officers commanding.

Dates: 1661 - 1692

H.M.S. Princess Royal (ship) Logbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0232
Abstract:

Logbook of the British warship H.M.S. Princess Royal kept by Charles LeStrange, R.N. [Royal Navy] of a voyage (1864-1866) from Plymouth to Shanghai and Yokohama, by way of Madeira, Sierra Leone, Cape of Good Hope, Trincomalie, Singapore, and Bangkok.

Dates: 1864 - 1866

Logbook of the Brig Dona Maria Thereza

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0571
Scope and Contents

Approximately 130 pages. The first 80 pages are in Portuguese and cover voyages from Fayal in the Azores to Riga and back to Lisbon, with an additional trip from Fayal to St. Petersburg. The remainder is in English and covers a voyage from Boston to Fayal.

Dates: 1814-1816

Logbook of the Schooner Don Nicholas

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0572
Scope and Contents

The log reveals the ship’s travel from port to port, touching at Calais; Baltimore; Portland; Santiago, Cuba; New York; among others. Its varied cargo included bushels of corn, molasses, sugar, tobacco, etc.

Dates: 1846-1847

U.S.S. Adams logbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0235
Abstract

Logbook of a cruise of the U.S.S. Adams along the Pacific coast of Central and South America from December 1, 1879 to February 23, 1881, kept by Cadet-Midshipman John H. Gibbons.

Dates: 1879 - 1881

U.S.S. Jamestown logbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0234
Abstract

Journal of a Pacific cruise of the U.S.S. Jamestown from January to June 1882 kept by midshipman J. H. Gibbons

Dates: 1882

U.S.S. Tuscarora Midshipman’s logbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0124
Abstract:

The logbook includes a list of the ship’s officers and a day by day account of the Tuscarora’s position, course, speed, and weather conditions as she was engaged in taking Pacific Ocean soundings and in survey work in the South Pacific. In addition crew activities such as painting and cleaning are noted, as are the surveys carried out. Ports visited included Port Lloyd, Bonin Islands; Yokohama and Hakodate, Japan; Samoa; San Francisco; and Honolulu.

Dates: 1864 - 1866