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[Identification of item], in the Joseph Nicholson Barney Log and Diary, #2246-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.
• Barney, Joseph Nicholson, fl. 1839-1852.
• California--Description and travel.
• Columbia (Frigate)
• Diaries.
• East Indies--Description and travel.
• Guayaquil (Ecuador)--Description and travel.
• Logbooks--History--19th century.
• Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.
• Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel.
• United States. Navy--Officers--Diaries.
• United States. Navy--Sea life--History--19th century.
• Vincennes (Ship)

United States (and later Confederate) naval officer; native of Maryland.

Personal diary kept by Barney, including ship's log entries while he was in Singapore and the East Indies, 1839, on the United States frigate Columbia, and diary and log entries while he was sailing up and down the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America, 1849-1852, on the U.S.S. Vincennes, with frequent and sometime lengthy stays in port. Diary entries describe in detail his impressions in 1850 of Rio de Janeiro, Guayaquil, Ecuador, various California ports, and other locations, and note social and other daily events and Barney's reflections on self and surroundings.