Ledger, 165 pages, plus 10 loosely inserted copies of General Orders and Gunnery Department inventories.
Scope and Contents
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
- Creation: 1864 - 1866
Creator
- From the Collection: Southerland, William H. (Person)
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 bound volume)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu