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Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, Washington Allston, and unidentified ship logbooks

Title: Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, Washington Allston, and unidentified ship logbooks, 1835-1854.
Author: Day, Sargent S.

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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Log book of Austerlitz, Shooting Star, Washington Allston. Kept by Sargent S. Day, 1851-1854.	Mixed material	Request in advance	MssCol 742 Log book of Austerlitz, Shooting Star, Washington Allston. Kept by Sargent S. Day, 1851-1854.	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Logbook of unidentified ship. Kept by James Scott for Sargent S. Day, 1835-1838.	Mixed material	Request in advance	MssCol 742 Logbook of unidentified ship. Kept by James Scott for Sargent S. Day, 1835-1838.	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Description

.13 linear foot (2 volumes)

Summary

These two logbooks were kept by Sargent S. Day on board numerous ships. One volume contains entries made from May 27, 1835-November 28, 1838 aboard an unidentified ship on voyages between Boston; Hobart, Tasmania; and Sydney, New South Wales in 1835-1836 and a voyage from Boston to St. Joseph, Florida, in November 1838.
The other volume is a logbook kept on board the ships Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, and Washington Allston between 1851 and 1854. Entries were made on a voyage from San Francisco to Calcutta aboard the Austerlitz, in September -November 1851. That ship was abandoned and the crew was taken on board the N. B. Palmer, bound for Shanghai. This logbook also contains entries made from December 23, 1851- March 17, 1852 aboard the Shooting Star, whose shipmaster was Judah P. Baker, on a voyage from Canton to Boston. and aboard the Washington Allston, of which Sargent S. Day was shipmaster, from Boston to San Francisco, Singapore, Penang, Calcutta, and back to Boston, from September 1, 1852-January 14, 1854.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Ships' logs.

Call Number

MssCol 742

OCLC

733074887

Author

Day, Sargent S.

Title

Austerlitz, N. B. Palmer, Shooting Star, Washington Allston, and unidentified ship logbooks, 1835-1854.

Added Author

Austerlitz (Ship)

N. B. Palmer (Ship)

Shooting Star (Ship)

Washington Allston (Ship)

Research Call Number

MssCol 742