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Shipping

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

Partial Logbook of the Ship Leonidas

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0570
Scope and Contents

The log covers the period February 10, 1827, through November 19, 1828, and contains daily reports at sea and in port. The initial pages, and those for the months of May and June 1827, are missing. Entries indicate that the ship departed from its usual Charleston to Boston route in August 1828 and sailed for New York, then to Vera Cruz, Mexico, arriving there three months later. The partial logbook contains approximately 60 pages and measures 11” x 16.25”.

Dates: 1827-1828